21st CENTURY LITERATURE
MAYON
Kristian S. cordero
Born: April 23,1983
Nationalism: Filipino
Asia
South-Eastern Asia
Philippines
Filipino
Kristian Sendon Cordero (poet, fiction writer, essayist, translator, filmmaker; Philippines) writes in Filipino, Bikol and Rinconada, and has translated Borges, Kafka, Wilde and Rilke to these languages. Two of his most recent poetry collections received the 2014 National Book Awards; his debut collection of poetry in his three respective languages won the Madrigal-Gonzales Best First Book Award in 2006. He is the deputy director of the Ateneo de Naga University Press. His participation is courtesy of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.
Settings: Camarines Sur, Albay
Year Published: 2004
Learnings: Mayon volcano is a beautiful disaster. why? because it have a wonderful spot and perfect shape of cone but when it come angry or it comes to errupt, many properties and people will affected.
FIVE BROTHERS ONE MOTHER
Abola, Alexis Augusto L
Email:aabola@ateneo.edu
Biography:
M.A. English Studies: Creative Writing- University of the Philippines- Diliman
Areas of Specialization:
Creative Writing (Fiction & Nonfiction)
Philippine Fiction in English
Shakespeare
Alexis A.L. Abola has an MA in Creative Writing from UP Diliman and currently teaches at the English Department at the Ateneo de Manila.
Settings: Manila
Year Published:
Learnings: i learned that we should value and love our family especially our mother that gave our birth at first time because they are the one who's always there for us in good or in bad.
LENGUA PARA DIABLO
Merlinda Bobis
(born 25 November 1959) is a contemporary Philippine-Australian writer and academic.
Born in Legazpi City, in the Philippines province of Albay, Merlinda Bobis attended Bicol University High School then completed her B.A. at Aquinas University in Legazpi City. She holds post-graduate degrees from the University of Santo Tomas and University of Wollongong, and now lives in Australia. Written in various genres in both Filipino and English, her work integrates elements of the traditional culture of the Philippines with modern immigrant experience.
Also a dancer and visual artist, Bobis currently teaches at Wollongong University. Her play Rita's Lullaby was the winner of the 1998 Awgie for Best Radio Play and the international Prix Italia of the same year; in 2000 White Turtle won the Steele Rudd Award for the Best Collection of Australian Short Stories and the 2000 Philippine National Book Award. Most recently, in 2006, she has received the Gintong Aklat Award (Golden Book Award, Philippines) for her novel Banana Heart Summer, from the Book Development Association of the Philippines. Bobis won the 2016 Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, NSW Premier's Literary Awards for her book, Locust Girl: A Lovesong.
Settings:Legaspi City
Year Published:May 5, 2012
LEARNNGS: Dont be affraid to speak and to fight of our freedom in what our true feelings.
THE RURAL MAID
Fernando Maramag
Fernando Maramag was an excellent poet and journalist in English. He had a rich style
and deep understanding of human nature – qualities which made his poetry appealing to all
readers. On the other hand, his editorial writings “exerted great influence on the various phases
of the Filipino way of life, particularly in its government, economics, education and politics,”
according to a critic.
He was born on January 21, 1893 in Ilagan, Isabela, to Rafael Maramag and Victoria
Mamuri, a Spanish mestiza. His parents were wealthy landowners.
At age seven, he was enrolled in a public school in his hometown. He finished his high
school in 1908. He was 15 when he entered the Philippine Normal School.
Settings: Ilagan Isabela
Year Published:2015
Learinings: Even if he left, the memory of his maiden still remains in him; proving that his love for her transcends time and distance. I learned that we need to give importance everything.
http://lit14r27.blogspot.com/2004/11/rural-maid.html
THIRD WORLD GEOGRAPHY
Cirilo F. Bautista
(July 9, 1941 – May 6, 2018) was a Filipino poet, critic and writer of nonfiction. He was conferred with the National Artist of the Philippines award in 2014. Bautista was born in Manila on July 9, 1941 and spent his childhood in Balic-Balic, Sampaloc. He received his basic education from Legarda Elementary School (1st Honorable Mention, 1954) and Mapa High School (Valedictorian, 1959). He received his degrees in AB Literature from the University of Santo Tomas (magna cum laude, 1963), MA Literature from St. Louis University, Baguio (magna cum laude, 1968), and Doctor of Arts in Language and Literature from De La Salle University-Manila (1990). He received a fellowship to attend the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa (1968–1969).
Settings: Manila
Year Published:
Learnings: I learned that The poem Third world Geography by Cirilo Bautista describes third world countries in different areas:
1. Poverty - People who live in poverty are usually envisioned working under the scorching sun. It symbolizes hardship and the cruel conditions of the work environment.
2. Hope - This is something that everyone living has every mentioned except that the degree upon which it is needed differs. Governments of third world countries create false hopes by convincing themselves that hardship is "just a handful of feathers" that can be easily carried.
3. Hunger - This is the most common causes of death among young children in these poverty-stricken countries. No food and water. No one can overcome hunger and plant rice on "parched earth."
4. Government - "Only the wind hears your useless words." Corruption and bad politics. They know the needs, they know the numbers and yet most keep a deaf ears on poverty and hunger. The rich get only richer and the corrupt becomes the devil's advocate.
The the hope, the miracle that one day everything will change is something far-fetched. Only God knows when the history of these third world countries can be changed and written in a better color.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirilo_Bautista
