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The Woman's Outlook published literary works by foreign authors translated into Spanish, as was the case in the rest of Philippine newspapers and magazines. In this case, being the magazine of the national federation of women's clubs, it is…

Of the 176 Philippine newspapers and magazines held at the University of the Philippine Diliman’s repository, the greatest part are in English and Spanish, a few are in Tagalog and even less are bilingual.  Some magazines, like Sinag-Tala or…

Since the birth of national consciousness in Philippine writers and intellectuals, the retrieval of folk stories was present in their narratives. At the end of the 19th century and until independence in 1946, at a time when attempts were being made…

Katharine Brush (1902-1952) was a fiction writer born in the USA. According to an article published in Time magazine in 1940, Brush was one of the highest paid women writers in the United States by 1930, yet the Philippine Graphic magazine describes…

Literary awards were an important way of promoting literature in the Philippines during the 20th century. It is said that the Filipino poet Jesús Balmori won the first three prizes in the contest organized to celebrate "Rizal's day" in 1908 and that…

“Dead Stars” (a very popular text in the archipelago, where is part of the school canon) is the first Filipino short story written in English. It was written by Paz Márquez Benítez, a writer and educator who pioneered in several areas. She was…

Literary works by Filipino authors were often published in newspapers: poetry, short stories and even novels were periodically printed on the pages of magazines. This was also the case of some of Evangelina Guerrero Zacarías’ work. They can be…

This illustration, by V. Manansala, is included in the short story "Mr. Flores Problem", by Purificación Dagdag, in which teacher Flores, the principal teacher stops the violent outburst of a Moro named Sadani, who was wielding a bloodied kris.…