Carlos Bulosan
"Filipino writers in the Philippines have a great task ahead of them, but also a great future. The field is wide open. They should rewrite everything written about the Philippines and the Filipino people from the materialist, dialectical point of view -- this being, the only WAY to understand and interpret everything Philippines." -- Carlos Bulosan
(SOURCE:mrzine.monthlyreview.org)
Carlos Bulosan was an uneducated Filipino who hopes to find a better life in America. But he met racism as soon as he arrived at Seattle. After many years of starvation and sickness he was undergo surgery due to his tuberculosis. He was confined at about 365 days and each day he he took advantage and read one book per day. He became a prolific writer and protective voice concerning the struggles Filipinos were forced to live in.
(SOURCE:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Bulosan)
Nick Joaquin
"the only Filipino writer with a real imagination--that imagination of power and depth and great metaphysical seeing--and which knows how to express itself in great language, who writes poetry, and who reveals behind his writings a genuine first-rate mind." --J.C. Villa
He is knowned as the best postwar author in our country. In his short story "The Summer Solstice" he refined the culture in our country and in that short story the main character wants to be adored not loved and respected anymore.
(SOURCE:pinoylit.webmanila.com/filipinowriters/njoaquin.htm)
He is knowned as the best postwar author in our country. In his short story "The Summer Solstice" he refined the culture in our country and in that short story the main character wants to be adored not loved and respected anymore.
(SOURCE:pinoylit.webmanila.com/filipinowriters/njoaquin.htm)
(SOURCE:http://fil.wikipilipinas.org/images/thumb/c/c2/Nickjoaquin.jpg/150px-Nickjoaquin.jpg)
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