[Link] A.
Bragado
Jose A. Bragado was born on 25 August, 1936 in Santa, Ilocos Sur. He took up
several courses in college, including Journalism and English. He has worked as News
& Comics Editor and Literary Editor. He has published in the Bannawag magazine 20
novels, 65 short stories, 50 poems, 170 feature articles and essays, translated 5
novels from Filipino to Iluko; he has alos edited and co-authored several books. He
has published short stories in the Liwayway magazine. He wrote the life of Gabriela
and Diego Silang for Balintataw , a radio program of Cecille Gidote-Alvarez at the
DZRH. The drama ran for one month. He has received various awards for his
contributions to Iluko literature. He was nominated for National Artist for Literature
Award in 2003.
2. Reynaldo Arquero Duque
Born on October 29. 1945 in Bagani Ubbog, Candon, Ilocos Sur. He has worked as
Managing Editor of Liwayway magazine. He was also president of Gunglo Dagiti
Mannurat nga Ilokano (GUMIL) Filipinas. Duque writes novels, poetry and short
stories in Ilocano, Filipino, and English. Duque has garnered 63 literary awards in
English, Ilocano and Filipino, 8 from the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for
Literature, 2 from the Palihang Aurelio Tolentino, 4 from the Gawad CCP sa
Panitikan, 9 from the Gov. Roque Ablan Awards for Iluko literature, 3 from the
Golden Leaf Literary Awards, 7 from the Talaang Ginto and Gantimpalang Collantes
of the Surian ng Wikang Pambansa, 2 from the Focus Philippines literary contest and
Kabataang Barangay Playwriting Contest, and 2 from the Population Commission
Playwriting Contest. He was National Fellow for Translation, UP Institute of Creative
Writing and awarded Outstanding Son of Candon in the field of literature and
journalism. He has written novels and short stories in comics form which were
published in Bannawag, Bisaya, Yuhum, P.M. News, Balita ng Maynila, and various
comics magazines.
His many books include: Ankel Sam, S.O.B. (1991), Centerly, Manong (1986), Dagiti
Asin Ti Lasag (The Salt of the Flesh, 1975), Sika Amin Dagitoy (You Are All of These,
1974), Lumahai (Offering, 1973), Bannawag: Saanen (Dawn No More, 1972) and
Aloha Nui Loa (Aloha My Love, 1972).
3. Onefrecia Ipac Ibarra
Born on 21 July 1939 in Pacis, Sinait, Ilocos Sur. Onefrecia Ipac Ibarra has a BSEE
(cum laude), M.A. in Education, and Ph.D. in Bilingual Education degrees, and
received a number of scholarships given by both government and private agencies.
She has served in various capacities as professor and faculty member of the
Mariano Marcos State University, and became the first teacher of Ilokano literature
to postgraduate students in the country. Her numerous short stories, essays, drama,
and poems were published in Bannawag, Sirmata, Ani 7, Tobacco Farmers, Pluma,
Siit, Talged, and GUMIL Sinait . She received the prestigious Leona Florentino award
from GUMIL Filipinas on 27 April 2002, and retired as professor V from the MMSU
College of Education in the same year.
[Link] B. Zafaralla
Born on June 22, 1983 in Upon, Pinili, Ilocos Norte. He is a multilingual writer (Iluko,
English, Filipino) on Ilocano and Philippine culture and the arts for the past 51 years.
His outlets are Bannawag , Rima, Iluko anthologies, lectures, English broadsheets,
popular and professional magazines, journals, and classrooms. He enjoys regional,
national and international recognitions for his incisive and scholarly critiques. The
Association of the Philippines gave him a special cognition for his body of published
works in 1971. This was followed by numerous official participation in national and
ASEAN congresses on arts and aesthetics, in many of which as a paper reader. At
the University of the Philippines where he received his degrees (BFA, MAED, Ph. D in
Communication), his body of published works had been duly recognized. The Manila
Critics Circle awarded him the 2004 National Book Award for Rice in the Seven Arts,
Sept. 4, 2005. Pinili-Metro Manila Residents Associations, Inc., awarded him the Don
Ignacio Lafrades Award for Distinguished Achievement, December 9, 2006. Dr.
Zafaralla is a member of GUMIL Filipinas; PEN International; Phi Kappa Phi
International Honor Society; and Pi Gamma Mu International Honor Society in the
Social Sciences.
[Link] Taer Affiano
He was born in Vigan, Ilocos Sur; November 17, 1934. Fictionist, teacher. He is the
son of Esteban Amano and Olympia Taer. He obtained his education degree from the
Philippine College of Arts and Trades in Manila. Amano began writing in Ilocano in
[Link] same year, his poem “Arado” was published in Bannawag. Since then, he
has published many poems, essays on practical arts, and short stories in the same
magazine. His best-known stories are “Dimo Koma Biroken Ti Kaasida” (Do Not Look
For Their Mercy), “Talna” (Peace), and “Bubon” (Well). Some of his works were
anthologized in Tugot (Foot-prints), edited by Onofrecia I. Ibarra and Hermenegildo
[Link] and published by GUMIL Ilocos Sur. A former editor of the Philippine
Educational Journal, he has also authorized four popular books on practical arts. In
1986 he won first prize in the short story writing contest in the Gov Roque Ablan
Awards for Iluko Literature.
