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Francisco Balagtas y de la Cruz (April 2, 1788 – February 20, 1862), [ 1] commonly known as Francisco Balagtas and also as Francisco Baltazar, was a Filipino poet and litterateur of the Tagalog language during the Spanish rule of the Philippines. He is widely considered one of the greatest Filipino literary laureates for his impact on ...
Filipino proverbs or Philippine proverbs [1] are traditional sayings or maxims used by Filipinos based on local culture, wisdom, and philosophies from Filipino life.The word Sawikain proverb corresponds to the Tagalog words salawikain, [2] [3] kasabihan [2] (saying) and sawikain [3] (although the latter may also refer to mottos or idioms), and to the Ilocano word sarsarita.
Apolinario Mabini y Maranan [a] (Tagalog: [apolɪˈnaɾ.jo maˈbinɪ]; July 23, 1864 – May 13, 1903) was a Filipino revolutionary leader, educator, lawyer, and statesman who served first as a legal and constitutional adviser to the Revolutionary Government, and then as the first Prime Minister of the Philippines upon the establishment of the First Philippine Republic.
Marcelo Hilario del Pilar y Gatmaitán[ 2] ( Spanish: [maɾˈθelojˈlaɾjo ðel piˈlaɾ]; Tagalog: [maɾˈselo ʔɪˈlaɾjo del pɪˈlaɾ]; August 30, 1850 – July 4, 1896), commonly known as Marcelo H. del Pilar and also known by his nom de plume Pláridel, [ 3][ 4] was a Filipino writer, lawyer, journalist, and freemason. Del Pilar, along ...
Teodoro Andal Agoncillo (November 9, 1912 – January 14, 1985) was a prominent 20th-century Filipino historian. He and his contemporary Renato Constantino were among the first Filipino historians renowned for promoting a distinctly nationalist point of view of Filipino history ( nationalist historiography ). He was also an essayist and a poet .
This list of Filipino writers is organized by the first letter in the surname. Francisco Arcellana. Francisco Balagtas. Lualhati Bautista. Louis Bulaong. Carlos Bulosan. Cecilia Manguerra Brainard. Ian Casocot. Linda Ty Casper.
Graciano López Jaena. Graciano López y Jaena ( Tagalog pronunciation: [ˈlopes ˈhaɪna]; December 18, 1856 – January 20, 1896), commonly known as Graciano López Jaena, was a Filipino journalist, orator, reformist, and national hero who is well known for his newspaper, La Solidaridad (December 13,1888. [ 2][ 3] Philippine historians regard ...
The indigenous language of the Tagalog people is Tagalog, which has evolved and developed over time. Baybayin is the indigenous Tagalog writing system. In the modern day, few people know how to read and write in baybayin; it is instead is artistically expressed in calligraphy, drawing new forms and from old writings. [83] [84]