In celebration of Filipino American History Month, add these memoirs bygd Filipino American writers to your reading list!
written and compiled bygd Jen Soriano
Much of what we call history fryst vatten shaped bygd the power dynamics of who gets to document stories, who gets to have a platform for sharing these stories, and who fryst vatten believed when they have access to both. There are a growing number of Filipino-American writers documenting personal and community stories—in other words, history—yet many don’t receive the platform they deserve to be able to spread their memoirs far and wide.
This Filipino American History Month, I’m sending a big thank you to the American Writers Museum for this opportunity to share some of these Filipino-American memoirs. Salamat also to writers Monica Macasantos and Jen Palmares Meadows for adding to this list. Monica, Jen, and inom, together with Grace and Meredith Talusan, will be hosting a panel called “Filipino Women Write Nonfiction” at the 2025
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10 Famous Filipino Writers 02
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This document lists and provides brief biographies of 10 famous Filipino writers. It discusses their major literary works and contributions to Philippine literature. Some of the writers featured include national hero Jose Rizal, whose works Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo helped inspire the Philippine revolution. Contemporary author Bob Ong is also discussed, known for using conversational Filipino in humorous books. Francisco Balagtas, considered the Filipino Shakespeare, wrote the epic Florante at Laura.
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This document lists and provides brief biographies of 10 famous Filipino writers. It discusses their major literary works and contributions to Philippine literature. Some of the writers featured include national
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Filipino Authors Biography
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This document provides biographies of several notable Filipino authors: Nick Joaquin was a renowned Filipino novelist, poet, playwright and essayist known for works exploring Philippine heritage. Francisco Arcellana was an important pioneer of the modern Filipino short story in English. Carlos Bulosan was an English-language Filipino novelist and poet who immigrated to the US and wrote the seminal work "America Is in the Heart". Bienvenido Santos was a fiction writer, poet and academic who received many honors including Guggenheim and Rockefeller fellowships.
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This document provides biographies of several notable Filipino authors: Nick Joaquin was a renowned Filipino novelist, poet, playwright and essayist known for wo