Special Collections
Sulpicio Selerio Osorio
Born in Dalaguete, Cebu on the 17th of January 1898 and died on the 26th of March 1970. Fictionist. He is the son of Estanislao Osorio, a wealthy farmer-merchant, and Hilaria Selerio; he was the cousin of writer Amando Osorio. He studied in the local elementary school and finished his high school in Cebu. In […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Felix Sales
Felix Sales was born on April 15, 1873 and died in the year 1962. He became Business Manager of Ang Suga, a well-known Visayan newspaper. He held the position of agent of the Sheriff of the Court of First Instance of Cebu for eleven years. He became Chief of the Fire Department. He wrote for […]