Francisco "Franz" Arcellana (September 6, 1916 – August 1, 2002) was a Filipino writer, poet,

essayist, critic, journalist and teacher. He was born on September 6, 1916. Arcellana already had
ambitions of becoming a writer early in his childhood. His actual writing, however, started when he
became a member of The Torres Torch Organization during his high school years. Arcellana continued
writing in various school papers at the University of the Philippines Diliman. Later on he received a
Rockefeller Grant and became a fellow in Creative Writing at the University of Iowa and at the Breadloaf
Writers' Conference from 1956– 1957. He is considered an important progenitor of the modern Filipino
short story in English. Arcellana pioneered the development of the short story as a lyrical prose-poetic
form within Filipino literature.

Francisco Balagtas (born Francisco Baltazar y de la Cruz; April 2, 1788 – February 20, 1862), also
known as Francisco Baltazar, was a prominent Filipino poet, and is widely considered one of the greatest
Filipino literary laureates for his impact on Filipino literature. The famous epic, Florante at Laura, is
regarded as his defining work. The surname "Baltazar", sometimes misconstrued as a pen name, was a
legal surname Balagtas adopted after the 1849 edict of Governor-General Narciso Claveria y Zaldua,
which mandated that the native population adopt standard Spanish surnames instead of native ones. His
mentor was José de la Cruz, otherwise known as Joseng Sisiw.

Lualhati Torres Bautista (born December 2, 1945) is one of the foremost Filipino female novelists in
the history of contemporary Philippine literature. Her novels include Dekada '70, Bata, Bata, Pa'no Ka
Ginawa?, and ‘GAPÔ.

Carlos Sampayan Bulosan (November 24, 1913[1] – September 11, 1956) was an English-language
Filipino novelist and poet who spent most of his life in the United States. His best-known work today is
the semi-autobiographical America Is in the Heart, but he first gained fame for his 1943 essay on The
Freedom from Want. His works include: America Is in the Heart,The Laughter of My Father, The Cry
and the Dedication, My Father's Tragedy, The Romance of Magno Rubio, If You Want To Know What
We Are, My Father goes to Court.

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard is an author and editor. Brainard's works include the World War II novel,
When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, The Newspaper Widow, Magdalena, and Woman With Horns and
Other Stories. She edited several anthologies including Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary
Fiction by Filipinos in America, and two volumes of Growing Up Filipino I and II, books used by
educators.

Belinda Ty- Casper was born as Belinda Ty in Malabon, Philippines in 1931. Her works include the
historical novel DreamEden and the political novels Awaiting Trespass, Wings of Stone, A Small Party in
a Garden, and Fortress in the Plaza. Her novel Awaiting Trespass which is about the politically sensitive
theme of torture by the Marcos regime was published by Readers International of London. This work
gained her major critical attention in the United States for the first time, and in Britain the novel was
chosen as one of the five best works of fiction by a woman writer published in 1985-86.
Gilda Cordero-Fernando is a writer and publisher from the Philippines. She was born on June 4, 1932
in Manila, has a B.A. from St. Theresa's College-Manila, and an M.A. from the Ateneo de Manila
University. Cordero-Fernando has two collections of short stories: The Butcher, The Baker and The
Candlestick Maker (1962) and A Wilderness of Sweets (1973).

Zoilo Galang is the Filipino author of the first Philippine novel written in the English language, A Child
of Sorrow, published in 1921.

Néstor Vicente Madali González (September 8, 1915 – November 28, 1999) was a Filipino novelist,
short story writer, essayist and poet. Conferred as the National Artist of the Philippines for Literature in
1997. His works include - The Winds of April (1941), A Season of Grace (1956), The Bamboo Dancers
(1988), The Land And The Rain, The Happiest Boy in The World, The Tomato Game (1992), A
Grammar of Dreams and Other Stories (1997), The Bread of Salt and Other Stories (1993), Mindoro and
Beyond: Twenty-one Stories, 1981, Children of the Ash-Covered Loam and Other Stories1954.

Nicomedes Márquez Joaquín (May 4, 1917 – April 29, 2004) was a Filipino writer, historian and
journalist, best known for his short stories and novels in the English language. He also wrote using the
pen name Quijano de Manila. Joaquín was conferred the rank and title of National Artist of the
Philippines for Literature. He has been considered one of the most important Filipino writers, along with
José Rizal and Claro M. Recto, his major works are in English, but was a native Spanish speaker, unlike
Rizal and Recto whose masterpieces were written in Spanish. May Day Eve (1947) His works include -
Prose and Poems (1952), The House On Zapote Street (1960), The Woman Who had Two Navels (1961),
La Naval de Manila and Other Essays (1964), A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino (1966), Tropical Gothic
(1972), A Question of Heroes (1977), Joseph Estrada and Other Sketches (1977), Manila: Sin City and
Other Chronicles (1977), Reportage on the Marcoses (1979), Almanac for Manileños, Manila, My
Manila: A History for the Young (1990), Rizal in Saga (1996)

Francisco Sionil José (born 3 December 1924) is one of the most widely read Filipino writers in the
English language.[1][2] His novels and short stories depict the social underpinnings of class struggles and
colonialism in Filipino society.[3][4] José's works—written in English—have been translated into 28
languages, including Korean, Indonesian, Czech, Russian, Latvian, Ukrainian and Dutch. His works
include a five-novel series that spans three centuries of Philippine history, translated into 22 languages
Po-on (1984), The Pretenders (1962), My Brother, My Executioner (1973), Mass (December 31, 1974)
Tree (1978), Gagamba (The Spider Man) (1991), Viajero (1993) Sin (1994), Ermita (1988) Vibora!
(2007), Sherds (2008), Muse and Balikbayan: Two Plays (2008), Short Stories (with Introduction and
Teaching Guide by Thelma B. Kintanar) (2008), The Feet of Juan Bacnang (2011), The God Stealer and
Other Stories (2001) , Puppy Love and Thirteen Short Stories (March 15, 1998) Olvidon and Other
Stories (1988)

Edilberto Kaindong Tiempo (1913– September 1996)also known as E. K. Tiempo, was a Filipino writer
and professor. He and his wife, Edith L. Tiempo, are credited by Silliman University with establishing "a
tradition in excellence in creative writing and the teaching of literacy craft which continues to this day.
His works include - Watch in the Night (1953), Cry Slaughter! (1957), To Be Free (1972), More Than
Conquerors (1982), Cracked Mirror (1984), The Standard Bearer (1985), Inside Job (Poems), Stream at
Dalton Pass and Other Stories (1970), Finality, a novelette and five short stories (1982), Rainbow for
Rima (1988), Snake Twin and Other Stories (1992), The Paraplegics And Five Short Stories (1995)