1888 Birth in Cebu, Cebu, of Vicente A. Gullas (1888-1970), lawyer, writer, and founder of the University of the Visayas. 1900 Col. Simon Snyder assumes command of the American troops occupying Cebu, succeeding Lt. Col. Thomas Hamer. 1937 Filemon Sotto is appointed by Manuel L. Quezon as one of the members of the Institute of […]
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Sugilanong Sugbuanon: Cebuano Fiction until 1940
Alburo, Erlinda K, V. Bandillo, S. Dumdum & R. Mojares (eds.) Sugilanong Sugbuanon: Cebuano Fiction until 1940. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2009. P450.00 in the Philippines
Institutionalizing Motherhood in Cebuano Literature
Sabanpan-Yu, Hope.
Institutionalizing Motherhood in Cebuano Literature.
Cebu City: Cebuano Studies Center and University of San Carlos Press, 2011.
P300.00 in the Philippines*
Austregelina Espina-Moore
Lina Espina-Moore (b. 1919) belongs to the post Second World War generation of Filipino writers who have contributed much to the vitality of Philippine Literature in English. She has written novels, short stories, essays, and poetry in Cebuano and in English. An outstanding fictionist, her novels and stories written in her native Cebuano have appeared […]
Cornelio Faigao
Cornelio Faigao Cornelio Festin Faigao was born on March 31 1908 in Jones, Banton Island, Romblon. He obtained his Masters Degree in Englishfrom the University of San Carlos, 1951. His law degree was obtained at the Visayan Institute, 1939. His undergraduate degree was a BA in Education from the UP in 1931 He worked as […]
Buenaventura Rodriguez
Buenaventura Rodriguez, a native of Cebu, was a renowned playwright, journalist, stage actor and a distinguished politician. He was one of the more recognized dramatists in the Sugbuhanon dialect. He wrote the play, El Muñeco Roto which was performed by the Compañia de Zarzuela Española in 1915. A noted writer and politician from Cebu, Manuel […]
Domingo Estabaya
Domingo Estabaya was born in Cebu City on May 25, 1915. He was an essayist and poet. The son of schoolteachers, he studied at the Cebu High School but stopped schooling to work for two years in a sugar central in Carlota, Negros Occidental. Later he took courses at the Cebu Vocational School, and obtained […]
Dr. Resil Mojares
Dr. Resil Mojares DR. RESIL B. MOJARES, Professor Emeritus, was director of the Cebuano Studies Center since its founding in 1975 until 1996, when he assumed the directorship of San Carlos Publications. A distinguished professor in Literature and History, Dr. Mojares has a bachelor’s degree in English, a master’s degree in Literature and postgraduate studies […]
Dictionary of Bisayan Arts: Cebuano/Hiligaynon/Waray
Alburo, Erlinda K. Dictionary of Bisayan Arts: Cebuano/Hiligaynon/Waray. Manila: National Commission for Culture and the Arts, 2009. P400.00 in the Philippines
Eulogio Cañete
Born in San Fernando on March 11, 1901. Eulogio Cañete studied at the Cebu High School and Colegio de San Jose-Recoletos (AB). He became Municipal councilor of San Fernando from 1941 to 1946. During the war, he was appointed Commander of the Bolo Battalion, San Fernando sector. He was also Motor Pool chief with the […]
Small Wonders
Sabanpan-Yu, Hope and Paolo Macachor, eds. Small wonders: a collection of essays Cebu City: University of San Carlos Press, 2010. P 400.00 in the Philippines*