Literature After Edsa Writers

JAKOSALEM, EPIPHANY MARY B.
20164 ENG 016 (10:30-12:00 PM TTH)
FAMOUS AUTHORS
Lilia Quindoza Santiago
Lilia Quindoza Santiago was a writer and academic in the Philippines. She was named
Makata ng Taon, "Poet of the Year," in 1989, and wrote the prize-winning novel Ang
Kaulayaw ng Agila.
Born: February 5, 1949, Manaoag

Died: February 15, 2021
 Santiago was a prolific writer. In her lifetime, she produced more than 20 books
and monographs containing numerous essays, commentaries, conference
papers, book reviews and other academic and literary pieces. She wrote in three
languages: Ilokano, Filipino/Tagalog and English.
 an award-winning writer who teaches and does research on Philippine
languages, popular cultures and literatures.
 She teaches Philippine Literature at the University of the Philippines.
Her academic work focused on languages of the Philippines as well as gender and
sexuality studies, and her scholarly publications included the seminal 2002 anthology
Sa Ngalan ng Ina (In the Name of the Mother): 100 Years of Philippine Feminist Poetry,
1889-1989.
Early life and education
 Lilia Quindoza was born in 1949 in Manaoag, in the Philippines' Pangasinan

province.
 After graduating with a bachelor's degree in English from the University of the
Philippines in 1971, she obtained a master's in comparative literature in 1980 and
a Ph.D. in Philippine studies in 1990 from the same institution.
 During Ferdinand Marcos' presidency, she became an anti-regime student
activist.
 After martial law was imposed in 1972, she and fellow activists were arrested and
tortured by the regime, and she was held for more than a year before being
granted amnesty in August 1974
 She later said that during her time imprisoned at Fort Bonifacio she found
comfort in writing poetry and in storytelling.
Career
 Quindoza Santiago is considered one of the more prolific Filipino authors, writing
over 20 books over the course of her long career as a poet, prose writer, and
academic.
Notable works
In addition to her poetry and short stories, she also wrote one novel, Ang Kaulayaw ng
Agila. In 1999, the novel won the grand prize at that year's Palanca Awards, and it was
published by University of the Philippines Press in 2002.
She published various research works and edited anthologies, including
 Filipina I: Poetry, Drama, Fiction (1984)

 Filipina II: An Anthology of Contemporary Women Writers in the Philippines
(1985),
 Women Empowering Communication: A Resource Book on Women and the
Globalization of Media (1994),
 Tales of Courage & Compassion: Stories of Women in the Philippine
Revolution (1997)
 Sa Ngalan ng Ina (In the Name of the Mother): 100 Years of Philippine Feminist
Poetry, 1889-1989 (2002)
 Sexuality and the Filipina (2007)
 Filipino Poetry and Martial Law 1970-1987: Clenched Fists and Yellow
Ribbons (2016).
Sa Ngalan Ng Ina (1997), by prize-winning poet-critic Lilia Quindoza Santiago, is, to

date, the most comprehensive compilation of feminist writing in the Philippines.
MARJORIE EVASCO
The director of the Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing and Research Center at De
La Salle University.
 is a Filipina poet.
 is an award- winning Filipino poet,
 born in Maribojoc, Bohol on September 21, 1953.
 She writes in two languages: English and Cebuano-Visayan
 a supporter of women's rights, especially of women writers.
 Marjorie Evasco is one of the earliest Filipina feminist poets.
Works
Evasco's poetry books are: Dreamweavers: Selected Poems 1976-1986 (1987) and
Ochre Tones: Poems in English and Cebuano (1999).
"Dreamweavers" was launched in 1987 at the UP Writers Workshop in Diliman,

Quezon City, in Tagbilaran City, and in Dumaguete City at the Sillman University
National Writers Workshop.
Evasco calls this volume a " book of changes," following Dreamweavers which for her
was a " book of origins.
Her other poetry collections are "Skin of Water" poems in English with their Spanish
translations done by Filipino, Spanish, and Latin-American translators; and "Peces de
luz/ Fishes of Light," a volume of tanrenga in English and Spanish with Venezuelan-
Cuban poet Alex Fleites.
Evasco's other books include
 A Legacy of Light: 100 Years of Sun Life in the Philippines, Six Women Poets:
Inter/Views (co-authored, with Edna Manlapaz),
 Kung Ibig Mo: Love Poetry by Women (co-edited with Benilda Santos)
 A Life Shaped by Music: Andrea O. Veneracion and the Philippine Madrigal
Singers
 ANI: The Life and Art of Hermogena Borja Lungay, Boholano Painter, and
 "Valentina's Valor: Stories from the Life and Times of Valentina Galido Plaza."
 She has written many essays on women's poetry, several of them finding their
place in various anthologies.
 She served as editor of a special issue of Ani in 1998 that featured writings and
art work by Filipino women. She also edited the book on place and memory of
her home-island called "The Bohol We Love: Memoirs of Growing Up Boholano."
in 2017.
Awards
 Evasco has received several literary awards from the Carlos Palanca Memorial
Awards for her essays. For her books, she has garnered the National Book
Awards from the Manila Critics' Circle, and the Gintong Aklat for Dreamweavers'
 Her poems in English and Binisaya (Cebuano-Visayan) have appeared in many
important anthologies
 She has received various writing residencies and grants, including the
Rockefeller Foundation writing residency in Villa Serbelloni in Bellagio, Italy
(1992) and the International Writing Program of the University of Iowa, U.S.A.
(2002).
 Her poems have been translated into German, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese,
Russian, Kannada, Romanian, Vietnamese and Estonian.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (MCQ)
Directions: Provide the letter of the correct answer.
1. Her poems have been translated into German, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese,
Russian, Kannada, Romanian, Vietnamese and Estonian.
A. Marjorie Evasco
B. Ricardo Dalisay
C. Charlson Oh
D. Ruth Elyna
ANSWER: A
2. One of the Earliest Filiipina feminist poet.

A. Marjorie Evasco
B. Santiago
C. Charlson Ong
D. All of the above.
ANSWER: A
3. The director of the Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing and Research Center at De
La Salle University.
A. Marjorie Evasco
B. Santiago
C. Charlson Ong
ANSWER: A
4. She became an anti-regime student activist.

A. Marjorie Evasco
B. Lilia Quindoza Santiago
C. Charlson Ong
ANSWER: B
5. She teaches Philippine Literature at the University of the Philippines.

A. Marjorie Evasco
C. Charlson Ong
ANSWER: B
6. Santiago was a prolific writer.

A. True
B. False
C. Maybe
D. Partially false
ANSWER: A
7. Marjorie Evasco was named Makata ng Taon, "Poet of the Year," in 1989.
A. True
B. False
C. Maybe
D. Partially false
ANSWER: B
8. Lilia Quindoza Santiago wrote four languages: Ilokano, Filipino/Tagalog, English and
Spanish
A. True
B. False
C. Maybe
D. Partially false
ANSWER: B
9. Her poems in English and Binisaya (Cebuano-Visayan) have appeared in many

important anthologies.
A. True
B. False
C. Maybe
D. Partially false
ANSWER: A
10. Marjorie Evasco is an award-winning writer who teaches and does research on
Philippine languages, popular cultures and literatures.
A. True
B. False
C. Maybe
D. Partially false
ANSWER: B
11. Who wrote “Ang Kaulayaw ng Agila”.
A. Marjorie Evasco
C. Charlson Ong
ANSWER: B
12. Graduating with a bachelor's degree in English from the University of the Philippines
in 1971, she obtained a master's in comparative literature in 1980 and a Ph.D.
A. Marjorie Evasco
C. Charlson Ong
ANSWER: B
13. Has received several literary awards from the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for
her essays
A. Marjorie Evasco
C. Charlson Ong
ANSWER: A
14. The novel won the grand prize at that year's Palanca Awards, and it was published
by University of the Philippines Press in 2002.
A. Ang Kaulayaw ng Agila.
B. Sexuality and the Filipina
C. Sa Ngalan ng Ina
D. A Resource Book on Women and the Globalization of Media.
ANSWER: A
15. A supporter of women's rights, especially of women writers.

A. Marjorie Evasco
C. Charlson Ong
ANSWER: A

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JAKOSALEM, EPIPHANY MARY B.

20164 ENG 016 (10:30-12:00 PM TTH)

Lilia Quindoza Santiago

Born: February 5, 1949, Manaoag

Early life and education

 Lilia Quindoza was born in 1949 in Manaoag, in the Philippines' Pangasinan

She published various research works and edited anthologies, including

 Filipina I: Poetry, Drama, Fiction (1984)

Sa Ngalan Ng Ina (1997), by prize-winning poet-critic Lilia Quindoza Santiago, is, to

"Dreamweavers" was launched in 1987 at the UP Writers Workshop in Diliman,

Evasco's other books include

Directions: Provide the letter of the correct answer.

2. One of the Earliest Filiipina feminist poet.

4. She became an anti-regime student activist.

5. She teaches Philippine Literature at the University of the Philippines.

6. Santiago was a prolific writer.

9. Her poems in English and Binisaya (Cebuano-Visayan) have appeared in many

15. A supporter of women's rights, especially of women writers.

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