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NICK JOAQUIN was bored on May 4 , 1917 (6:00am) in Paco, Manila. A poet, fictionist, essayist, biographer, playwright and considered as National Artist.

When he was in third year in secondary education at Mapa High School, he quit because for him classroom work bores him. He rather like to spend his days in reading books at his father's library. He often read those fictional stories. Definitely, he is a bookworm.

He doesn't like sports, dressing up and fish.

In 1934, he start to write essays, short stories and poems. It was published in Maila magazines. One of his essay (La Naval de Manila, 1943) was awarded by the Dominicans as AA (Associate in Arts). He also granted a 2 year scholarship award to the Albert College in Hongkong, he accepted it.

Nick Joaquin received awards and prizes:

Republic Cultural Heritage Award (1961);

Stonehill Award for the Novel (1960);

FIRST PRIZE-Philippines Free Press Short Story Contest (1949);

FIRST PRIZE-Palance Memorial Award (1957-58);

Jose Garcia Villa's honor roll (1940);

The National Artist Award (1976)

His fellow writers though that Joaquin is a Filipino with a real imagination, a great writer, has his own stylist way.

He published a lot of books. For me, he trained himself by reading books. That those books he read inspires him to write those wonderful stories for us, like him enjoy and imagine the things we can do about Literature. That some day like him we can write a wonderful story!!!

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SeCoNd posT "FiLipiNo AuThoR"

FRANCISCO SIONIL JOSE was born on December 3, 1924 in Rosales, Philippines. He considered as the Philippine National Treasure. He first introduced literature in public school and later on in UST(University of Sto. Thomas). He work as one of those journalist in Manila. While working he even wrote some novels and short stories.

He also the founder of The Philippine Branch of PEN, an international organization of playwrights, poets and novelist. He also build his own publishing house in 1965 named SOLIDARIDAD which is still going on nowadays.


He wrote in english language than in his native tongue. His first novel was "THE PRETENDERS" which was published last 1962. Now his works consist of 12 novels, 7 short stories and a book of important essays. And his works ar available in 28 languages.


F.Sionil Jose was awarded as most notable being of 1980 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts, The most Pregious award of its kind in Asia and recently 2004 Pablo Neruda Centennial award from Chile.

Also he was awarded as National Artist for Liteature which is awarded in Malacanang last June 2001.

F.Sionil Jose's "ERMITA" was one of the top-ten english-language novels which is set in Southeast Asia.

His latest novel was " VIBORA!!" published last 2008.






Source:(www.me.uvic.ca/~art/afsj.html)

LITERATURE: what it is, and why is it important?

A mirror. For me, Literature is a mirror of life!! What is literature? It is the art of written works. In this form of art, we actually write what's on our mind. We narrate our thoughts and share it to the people who can appreciate and understands what we are saying. Also a mirror of what's going on in our lives. Why it is important? Like a mirror it helps us to visualize our lives. To see those beautiful things around us and also those things need some improvements. Without literature, we can't fully understand what's the real world, the real Philippines, the real me and the real you!!!!