This list of Filipino writers is organized by the first letter in the surname. * Francisco Arcellana * Francisco Balagtas *

Lualhati Bautista Lualhati Torres Bautista (born December 2, 1945) is a Filipina writer, novelist, liberal activist and political critic. Her most popular novels include '' Dekada '70''; '' Bata, Bata, Pa'no Ka Ginawa?''; and '' ‘GAPÔ''. Biography Bautista was ...

* Louis Bulaong *

Carlos Bulosan Carlos Sampayan Bulosan (November 24, 1913 – September 11, 1956) was an English-language Filipino novelist and poet who immigrated to America on July 1, 1930. He never returned to the Philippines and he spent most of his life in the United S ...

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard Cecilia Manguerra Brainard is an author and editor of 20 books. She co-founded PAWWA or Philippine American Women Writers and Artists; and also founded Philippine American Literary House. Brainard's works include the World War II novel, ''When th ...

Linda Ty Casper Linda Ty Casper ( Malabon, 1931) is a Filipino writer. She is a recipient of the S.E.A. Write Award. Life Born as Belinda Ty in Malabon, Philippines in 1931, she spent the World War II years with her grandmother while her father worked in the ...

* Gilbert Luis R. Centina III * Jose Jason Chancoco *

Rin Chupeco Rin Chupeco is a Chinese Filipino writer of young adult fiction, best known for their books ''The Bone Witch'', ''The Girl from the Well'', and ''The Never-Tilting World'' series. Personal life Chupeco was born and raised in Manila, Philippines ...

Gilda Cordero-Fernando Gilda Cordero-Fernando (June 4, 1930 – August 27, 2020) was a Filipino writer, visual artist, fashion designer and publisher. Early life and education She was born in Manila, has a ''B.A.'' from St. Theresa's College-Manila, and an ''M.A.'' f ...

* Luis G. Dato * Edmundo Farolán *

Zoilo Galang Zoilo Mercado Galang (July 27, 1895 – 1959) was a Filipino writer from Pampanga. He is credited as one of the pioneering Filipino writers who worked with the English language. He is the author of the first Philippine novel written in the Englis ...

Guillermo Gómez Rivera Guillermo Gómez y Rivera (; born 12 September 1936) is a Spanish-Filipino multilingual author, historian, educator and linguistic scholar whose lifelong work has been devoted to the advocay to preserve Spanish culture as an "important element" of ...

* N. V. M. Gonzalez *

Jessica Hagedorn Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn (born 1949) is an American playwright, writer, poet, and multimedia performance artist. Biography Hagedorn is an American of mixed descent. She was born in Manila to a Scots-Irish-French-Filipino mother and a Spanish F ...

Nick Joaquin Nicomedes "Nick" Marquez Joaquin (; May 4, 1917 – April 29, 2004) was a Filipino writer and journalist best known for his short stories and novels in the English language. He also wrote using the pen name Quijano de Manila. Joaquin was conferr ...

* F. Sionil José *

Teresita Manaloto-Magnaye Teresita Manaloto-Magnaye is a Filipina short story writer. Her short stories saw print in the ''Liwayway'' magazine, the oldest magazine in the Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Phi ...

Resil Mojares Resil Buagas Mojares (born September 4, 1943) is a Filipino historian and critic of Philippine literature best known as for his books on Philippine history. He is acclaimed by various writers and critics as the ''Visayan Titan of Letters'', due t ...

* Virginia R. Moreno *

Peter Solis Nery Peter Solis Nery is a Filipino poet, fictionist, author, and filmmaker. Writing in Hiligaynon, he is a Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature Hall of Fame Awardee, the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Literary Grant, and the All-We ...

José Rizal José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (, ; June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896) was a Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is considered the national h ...

* Alejandro R. Roces * Shirley Siaton * Michelle Cruz Skinner *

Miguel Syjuco Miguel Syjuco (born November 17, 1976) is a Filipino writer from Manila and the grand prize winner of the 2008 Man Asian Literary Prize for his first novel ''Ilustrado''. Early life and education Miguel Augusto Gabriel Jalbuena Syjuco, the so ...

Jason Tanamor Jason Tanamor (born April 25, 1975) is a Filipino-American author, writer, and entertainment interviewer. He and his books have been featured in many publications such as Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Yahoo!, Esquire (Philippines), CNN Phi ...

* Lysley Tenorio * Edilberto K. Tiempo

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