Contemporary Period in Philippine Literature

From 2000 – Present

Short History ----

Popular Literary writers and their famous literary works during Contemporary Period

Abdon M. Balde Jr.

- September 12, 1946

- Born in Busac, Oas, Albay
- One of the contemporary writer from Bicol
- He was awarded as one of the Outstanding Bikolano Artists for 2009 in Literary Arts category
in Naga City
- Southeast Asian Writers Awards for the Philippines in Thailand last 2009
- He is one of the directors in Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas (UMPIL)
- In 2012, he was named Poet laureate of Albay
- Writes all sorts of genres

FAMOUS LITERARY WORKS

- Ma’yong

- Hunyango sa Bato
- 100 kislap
- sibago
- Calvary Road
- Mga pangarap at pangitain
- Sa kagubatan ng isang lungsod

BEVERLY SIY OR BEBANG

- December 10, 1979

- In quirino, manila
- Youngest member of Umpil
- Grew up living two tradition (Chinese and Filipino)
- Her novels was witty, charming and simple and that’s the evident that bebang writes with
feminism.
- She writes short novels about her life and to promote women empowerment.

WORKS

- It’s a Mens World

- It’s Raining Mens (All about the men’s in her life)
- Nuno sa Pag-ibig
- Nuno sa Relasyon
- Paper towns
- Pukiusap
- Biyak
- Mingaw

Charlson Ong
 - July 6, 1960
- Multi-awarded fictionist
- Fiction, Short Stories, History
- The 425-page novel was written in Philippine English. It is Charlson Ong’s first novel.

WORKS
- An embarrassment of riches
- Banyaga: A song of war
- Men of the East : and other short stories
- Conversion & Other fictions
- Woman of Am-Kaw and other stories

CRISTINA PANTOJA HIDALGO

- August 21, 1944

- a Filipina fictionist, critic and pioneering writer of creative nonfiction.
- She is currently Professor Emeritus of English & Comparative Literature at the University of
the Philippines Diliman and Director of the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Center for
Creative Writing and Literary Studies.
-  writing for Philippine newspapers and magazines since the age of fifteen.

Short Fiction[edit]

 Ballad of a Lost Season, 1987;

 Tales for a Rainy Night, 1993 ;
 Where Only the Moon Rages, 1994;
 Catch a Falling Star, 1999
 Sky Blue After The Rain: Selected Stories and Tales, 2005
Novels[edit]

 Recuerdo, 1996;
 Book of Dreams, 2001
Essays / Creative Non-fiction[edit]

 Sojourns, 1984
 Five Years in a Forgotten Land: A Burmese Notebook, 1991
 I Remember...Travel Essays, 1992
 Skyscrapers, Celadon and Kimchi: A Korean Notebook, 1993;
 The Path of the Heart, 1994;
 Coming Home, 1998
 Passages: Travel Essays, 2007
 Looking for the Philippines, 2009
 Travels with Tania, 2009
 Six Sketches of Filipino Women Writers, 2011
 Stella and Other Friendly Ghosts,, 2012
Literary Criticism[edit]

 Woman Writing: Home and Exile in the Autobiographical Narratives of Filipino Women, 1994;
 A Gentle Subversion: Essays on Philippine Fiction, 1998
 Over a Cup of Ginger Tea: Conversations on the Narratives of Filipino Women Writers, 2006
 Fabulists and Chroniclers, 2008
Anthologies (as editor)[edit]

 Selections from Contemporary Philippine Literature in English, 1971

 Philippine Post-Colonial Studies, 1993 (coedited with Priscelina Patajo-Legasto)
 The Likhaan Book of Poetry and Fiction: 1995, 1996
 Shaking the Family Tree, 1998
 An Edith Tiempo Reader, 1999
 The Likhaan Book of Poetry and Fiction: 1997, 1999
 Pinay: Autobiographical Narratives by Women Writers, 1926-1998, 2000
 Why I Travel and Other Essays, 2000
 Sleepless in Manila: Essays on Insomnia by Insomniacs, 2003
 My Fair Maladies, 2005
Textbooks[edit]

 Creative Nonfiction: A Manual for Filipino Writers, 2003

 Creative Nonfiction: A Reader, 2003
Honors and awards[edit]

 Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Short Fiction, Essay and the Novel

 Philippine Graphic Awards for Fiction
 "Philippines Free Press Awards for Fiction". Archived from the original on 31 August 2004.
Retrieved 25 March 2006.
 Focus Awards for Fiction
 National Book Awards from The Manila Critics' Circle
 British Council Fellowship to Cambridge
 U.P. President's Award for Outstanding Publication
 U.P. Gawad Chancellor for Artist of the Year
 U.P. Gawad Chancellor for Outstanding Teacher (Professor Level)
 Ellen F. Fajardo Foundation Grant for Excellence in Teaching
 Outstanding Thomasian Writer Award
 U.P. Gawad Chancellor Hall of Fame Award
 U.P. System International Publication Awards
 Henry Lee Irwin Professorial Chair in Creative Writing, Ateneo de Manila University

GEMMA NEMENZO

- one of those who conceptualized and created batibot, the acclaimed children’s educational
show
- Abstract / editor for US based electronic
- Columnist of Filipinas

DEAN FRANCIS ALFAR

- January 2, 1969
- Filipino playwright, novelist and writer of speculative fiction.
 - His plays have been performed in venues across the country, while his articles and fiction
have been published both in his native Philippines and abroad, such as in Strange Horizons,
Rabid Transit, The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror and the Exotic Gothic series.
- He is the author of the novel Salamanca (Ateneo Press, 2006), as well as three collections of
short fiction - The Kite of Stars and other stories (Anvil Publishing, 2007), How to Traverse
Terra Incognita (Visprint, 2014), and A Field Guide to the Roads of Manila (Anvil Publishing,
2015).
- His literary awards include ten Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature (Palanca
Awards) — including the Grand Prize for Novel — as well as the Manila Critics' Circle
National Book Awards for the graphic novels Siglo: Freedom and Siglo: Passion, and the
Philippines Free Press Literary Award.
- He was a fellow at the 1992 Dumaguete National Writers Workshop [2] as well as the 20th
and 48th UP National Writers Workshop.[3]
- He is an advocate of the literature of the fantastic, editing the Philippine Speculative
Fiction series, as well as a comic book creator and a blogger.
- Alfar is also an entrepreneur — running several businesses. He lives in Manila with his wife,
fictionist Nikki Alfar[1] and their two daughters.

EDGAR CALABIA SAMAR

- February 18, 1981

-  poet and novelist from San Pablo City, Philippines
- He has received the Philippine National Book Awards for his novels and book of criticism,
and the Palanca Awards for his poetry collections and short fiction.
- His novels Sa Kasunod ng 909, Si Janus Silang at ang Tiyanak ng Tabon and Si Janus
Silang at ang Labanang Manananggal-Mambabarang all won the Philippine National Book
Awards for Best Novel in a Philippine Language in 2012, 2015, and 2016, respectively.
- He has also been awarded the PBBY-Salanga Writer's Prize, the NCCA Writer's Prize for the
Novel, the Gantimpalang Collantes sa Sanaysay, and the Gawad Surian sa Tula
Books[edit]

 "Si Janus Sílang at ang Tiyanak ng Tábon"  (Adarna House, 2014)

"Eight Muses of the Fall" (Anvil Publishing, 2013)

 "Halos Isang Búhay: Ang Manananggal sa Pagsusulat ng Nobela"  (UST Publishing House,
2012)
 "Sa Kasunod ng 909" (UST Publishing House, 2012)
 Walong Diwata ng Pagkahulog (Anvil Publishing, 2009)
 Pag-aabang sa Kundiman: Isang Tulambuhay  (ADMU Office of Research and Publications,
2006)
 Isa na Namang Pagtingala sa Buwan (National Commission for Culture and the Arts, 2005)
 Uuwi na ang Nanay Kong si Darna!  (Adarna House, 2002).
Poetry[edit]

 "Kuwentong-Bayan"[dead link] in Literatura 8: Tha Palanca 2004 Issue

 "Walang Diwata ng Apoy" in Literatura 8: The Palanca 2004 Issue
 "2000" in High Chair Issue # 5 (July–December 2005)
 "Gnosis" in Tinig Volume 35
Essay[edit]

 "Si Big Brother, Si Boy Bastos, at ang Pagsasalba ng Katawan sa Textong Popular Ayon
Kay Antonio Pigafetta" in Malay 20, No. 1 (2007)
 "Paghawak sa Panahon: Ang Salaysay Bilang Talinghaga sa Tula" [permanent dead link] in Loyola
Schools Review 6 (2007)
Serialized novel[edit]
Kasaysayan ng Kalibutan (2019)

EROS ATALIA
- July 10, 1975
- is a half filipino contemporary writer who is known for his humorous works that
do not merely intend to entertain the readers but to challenge the readers to see
the extraordinary from the ordinary.
- His book 'Ligo Na U, Lapit Na Me' (published in 2009) was adapted into film in 2011
- Atalia also co-founded the defunct local newspaper Responde Cavite, where he also served
as an editor.
- Eros S. Atalia is a Filipino author, professor and journalist[1] from Cavite
City, Philippines who wrote several books including the Palanca Award-winning 'Tatlong
Gabi, Ekupaskibas' (lit. Three Nights, Three Days) in 2013[2] and Ang Ikatlong Anti-Kristo' (lit.
The Third Antichrist) in 2017.
- Awards
-   First Gantimpala, Pambansang Patimpalak sa Pagsulat ng Tula, Pandaylipi Ink., 1995
- • Gawad Balagtas, 1996
- • Karangalang Banggit , Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2004
- • Third Gantimpala, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2004
- • Unang Gantimpala, Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, 2006
- • Karangalang Banggit, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino 2007
- • Gawad Pagkilala, Soc Rodrigo Foundation 2007
- • Karangalang Banggit, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino 2007
- • Certificate of Nomination (Finalist), Manila Critics Circle 2007
- • Fellowship, University of the Philippines-Institute of Creative Writing, 2007
- • Ikalawang Gantimpala, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino 2008

- Works
- Taguan-Pung at Manwal ng Pagpapatiwakal (2005)[9]
- Peksman (Mamatay ka Man) Nagsisinungaling Ako (2007)
- Ligo na U, Lapit na Me (2009) [10]
- Wag Lang Di Makaraos (2011)
- It's Not That Complicated: Bakit Hindi Pa Sasakupin ng Alien ang Daigdig sa 2012 (2012)
- Tatlong Gabi, Tatlong Araw (2013)
- Ang Ikatlong Anti-Kristo (2017)

J. NIEL GARCIA
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