Perception

Literature is the art of written works. Literally translated, the word means "acquaintance with letters" (from Latin littera letter), and therefore the academic study of literature is known as Letters (as in the phrase "Arts and Letters").

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literature

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It drives me to choose this quote because I preferred Literature is an art, some writings are simply technical and no sense at all...It only gives fun to the readers so it is typically far from art...

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Lualhati Torres Bautista was born in Tondo, Manila on December 2, 1946. She became a fictionist and a movie scriptwriter through the influence of her parents, Esteban Bautista and Gloria Torres, who were into composing, singing and poem-writing. She graduated from the Emilio Jacinto Elementary School in 1958 and from Torres High School in 1962. Although she completed only a year of her journalism course, she already began her professional writing after graduating from high school. She even became at one time the vice-president of the Screenwriters Guild of the Philippines and the chair of the Kapisanan ng mga Manunulat ng Nobelang Popular. She entitled her first screenplay Sakada in 1976 whose theme was the plight of Filipino minorities. It was Martial Law then and the military banned the film for its very message, though it won awards in the Catholic Mass Media Awards during the same year. Her second film was Kung Mahawi Man ang Ulap in 1984, which was nominated for awards in the Film Academy. One of her best screenplays, also written during the same year was Bulaklak ng City Jail based on her novel about imprisoned women, has won almost all awards for that year from various awards guilds including Star Awards and Metro Manila Film Festival. Being a good novelist as well, Lualhati garnered several Palanca grand prizes of 1980, 1983 and 1984 for her novels Gapo, Dekada ’70 and Bata, Bata… Pa’no Ka Ginawa? exposing injustice and women activism during the Marcos era. She became a national fellow for fiction of the University of the Philippines Creative Writing Center in 1986, and won for herself several awards for her short stories such as "Tatlong Kuwento sa Buhay ni Juan Candelabra" and "Buwan, Buwan, Hulugan Mo Ako ng Sundang". Lualhati Bautista is a fictionist and a movie scriptwriter. Her first screenplay was Sakada (Seasonal Sugarcane Workers), 1976, which exposed the plight of Filipino peasants. She is a prizewinning novelist in the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature. She received a Recognition Award from the Surian ng Wikang Pambansa in 1897. Two of her short stories also won the Palanca Awards: "Tatlong Kuwento ng Buhay ni Juan Candelabra" (Three Stories in the Life of Juan Candelabra), first prize, 1982; and "Buwan, Buwan, Hulugan mo Ako ng Sundang" (Moon, Moon, Drop Me a Sword), third prize, 1983. Mrs. Bautista was honored on 10 March 2004 at a program hosted by the Ateneo Library of Women’s Writings (ALIWW). The occasion marked the 8th Annual Lecture on Vernacular Literature by Women. Her Art Works: Dekada '70: Ang Orihinal at Kumpletong Edisyon Desisyon source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lualhati_Bautista  

Jose Dalisay, Jr.

Dalisay was born in Romblon in 1954. He completed his primary education at La Salle Green Hills, Philippines in 1966 and his secondary education at the Philippine Science High School in 1970. He dropped out of college to work as a journalist after a period of imprisonment when Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law in 1972. After his release as a political detainee, he also wrote scripts mostly for Lino Brocka, the National Artist of the Philippines for Theater and Film. Dalisay returned to school and earned his B.A. English degree, cum laude from the University of the Philippines in 1984. He later received an M.F.A. from the University of Michigan in 1988 and a Ph.D in English from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee in 1991 as a Fulbright scholar.

Dalisay has won 16 Palanca Awards in five genres. For winning at least five First Prize awards, he was elevated to the Palanca Hall of Fame in 2000. He has also garnered five Cultural Center of the Philippines awards for playwriting; and FAMAS, URIAN, Star and Catholic Mass Media awards and citations for his screenplays. He also chaired the 1992 ASEAN Writers Conference/Workshop, in Penang, Malaysia. He was named one of The Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) of 1993 for his creative writing. In 2005, he received the Premio Cervara di Roma in Italy for extensively promoting Philippine literature overseas.

Notable Works

Oldtimer and Other Stories

Sarcophagus and Other Stories

 

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Dalisay,_Jr. 

Manuel Buising was born in Manila, Philippines on the May 4, 1951. He is a multi-awarded playwright, fictionist and komiks writer. He studied at the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila and graduated with a degree in Bachelor of Science in Education, Major in Filipino in 1972. He was the official screenplay writer of Fernando Poe Jr. from 1990 until the actor died in 2005. In the same year, his work, "Niños Inocentes," which exposes how minors are used by pedophiles through cybersex or sex videos, often with the knowledge and consent of their own parents, won the teleplay category in Carlos Palanca Award. He is no stranger to the Palanca awards, in fact, he was won numerous first place awards in various fields ranging from dramatic plays to short stories and even television plays. His previous accomplishments include first place in the 1988 for his short play "Tumbampreso" and another for his play "Kung Bakit may Nuno sa Punso" in the same year. In 1990, he bagged first prize for both his plays; "Patay-Bata" and "Lista sa Tubig". His other first prize winner is "P’wera Usog" during the 1989 awards. In all of his great works, he considered "Kung Bakit May Nuno sa Punso," which tackled the presence of American military bases in the country, his best work yet. He also worked in the government specifically as a writer in the Department of Local and Government Community Development. He was also staff director of the National Secretariat of the Bagong Kilusang Kabuhayan at Kaunlaran. Some of his works have appeared in Liwayway and Pilipino Reporter. His writings are included in this description.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Buising