21st LIT authors

Question 1

a poet, fictionist and essayist from Quezon City, died in pneumonia at 76.

Answer 1

1. Cirilo F. Bustista

Question 2

A web developer and contemporary novelist from Quezon city, known for his conversational writing technique which creates comical and reflective descriptions of Philippine life.

Answer 2

2. Roberto Ong

Question 3

wrote his own scripts in his film and used this as a medium of communication to the viewers, for he believes that a good communicator would make people pay attention. For without an audience, a film is just a light projected on a screen.

Answer 3

3. Jason Paul Laxamana

Question 4

is a cebuana movie and television writer and melodrama novelist. some of her well-known novels in pocket books have been turned into love action movies

Answer 4

4. Gilda Olvidado

Question 5

is an Illongo educator and an author from abatuan.

Answer 5

5. Felipe Landa Jocano

Question 6

is known as the “Father of Contemporary West Visayan lietrature”, an Illongo multilingual writer, multi-awarded novelist, playwright, and poet whose works became a Palanca Hall of Fame in 2001 after winning 15 prizes

Answer 6

I. Leoncio P. Deriada

Question 7

whose specializations and expertise is in Creative Writing in hiligaynon

Answer 7

II. Alicia Tan Gonzales

Question 8

a creative writer and a librian from aklan who received different awards in literature like the “Gawad Pambansang Alagad in Balagtas Award” In 2001.

Answer 8

III. Melchor F. Cichon

Question 9

a multi-award-winning Filipino Poet, fictionist, playwright from dumangas, Iloilo, his poetry and short stories made him the hall of fame awardee of Palanca Awards.

Answer 9

VI. Peter Solis Nery

Question 10

a multi-lingual writer, university professor and freelance journalist from Antique who pioneered the Philippine gay literature. He is a

Answer 10

V. John Iremil E. Teodoro

Question 11

Famous 21st Century Authors from other regions

Answer 11

1. Cirilo F. Bustista
2. Roberto Ong
3. Jason Paul Laxamana
4. Gilda Olvidado
5. Felipe Landa Jocano

Question 12

Notable Hiligaynon writers of Western Visayas (Region 6)

Answer 12

I. Leocio P. Deriada
II. Alicia Tan Gonzales
III. Melchor F. Cichon
VI. Peter Solis Nery
VI. John Iremil E. Teodoro

Question 13

Cirilo F. Bustista died at

Answer 13

pneumonia at 76

Question 14

His poetry and fiction lectures young writers to develop their creative talents are some of his aesthetic contributions in the field of art and letter that makes him a national artist.

Answer 14

Cirilo F. Bustista

Question 15

Cirilo F. Busrista’s Recognitions are

Answer 15

*Palanca Awards Hall of Farmer for winning 9 times for poetry, fiction and essay.
*National Artist for Literature in 2014.

Question 16

Cirilo F Bustista’s Literary Works

Answer 16

“Sunlight on Broken Stores (2000)”
“Tinik sa Dila: Isang Katipunan ng mga tula (2003)”
“The trilogy of Saint Lazanus”

Question 17

Roberto Ong’s Literary Works

Answer 17

“Stainless Logganism (2005”