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Virgilio Almario

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Virgilio Almario: National Artist for Literature (Born March 9, 1944) Greetings to National Artist Virgilio S. Almario on his 79th birthday! Virgilio S. Almario, also known as Rio Alma, is a poet, literary historian, and critic, who has revived and reinvented traditional Filipino poetic forms, even as he championed modernist poetics. In 34 years, he … Read more

First Native Filipino Female Author

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First Native Filipino Female Author and First Ever Kapampangan Author: Luisa Gonzaga de Leon (1805-1843) She is the first native Filipino female author and the first ever Kapampangan author. She hails from the barrio of Cabambangan in the town of Bacolor, the cradle of the Kapampangan language. She wrote the Ejercicio Cotidiano (Daily Devotion) which … Read more

Geli Arceño

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Introducing our beloved teachers. Geli Arceño @sinupladaa for Hiligaynon (West Visayas). Geli Arceño is an educator, art writer, and cultural worker in Bacolod City. She is currently the program supervisor of Cinematheque Negros in the Film Development Council of the Philippines. She was a Creative Writing and 21st Century Literature professor to Senior High School … Read more

Firie Jill Ramos

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Introducing our beloved teachers. Firie Jill Ramos for Waray (Eastern Visayas) Firie Jill T. Ramos writes poems, fiction/susumaton, and children’s stories in Waray. She won the 2019 NCCA Writers Prize for the Novel in Waray and Chito Rono Literary Award for Poetry in 2009. Firie’s poems have appeared in different publications and anthologies here and … Read more

Minxie Villaver

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Introducing our beloved teachers. Minxie Villaver @minxieminxiespider for Sugbuanun [Cebuano] (Central Visayas & Mindanao) ✨ Minxie Villaver is a managing editor, professional content editor, creative writer, and freelance independent actress with Latin honors in her BA literature degree. Currently, an MA student majoring in literature at Cebu Normal University, she juggles her involvements in the … Read more