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Map of usage of Filipino languages Philippine literature is literature associated with the
Philippine from prehistory, through its colonial legacies, and on to the present.
Pre-Hispanic Philippine literature was actually epics passed on from generation to generation,
originally through an oral tradition. However, wealthy families, especially in Mindanao, were
able to keep transcribed copies of these epics as family heirloom. One such was the Darangen,
an epic of the Maranaos.
Noli Me Tngere (novel) or the Social Cancer is a book published by Jos Rizal sparked the
Philippine Revolution together with its sequel El filibusterismo.
Contents
1 Modern literature (20th and 21st century)
2 National Artists for Literature
3 Notable Philippine literary authors
4 Notable Hiligaynon literary authors
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
Awardees of the National Artist of the Philippines Order, for Literature, include:
See also
Philippines portal
Literature portal
Cebuano literature
Cordillera literature
Hiligaynon literature
Ilokano literature
Mindanao literature
Pangasinan literature
Philippine folk literature
Philippine literature in English
Philippine literature in Spanish
Tagalog literature
Waray literature
Ninay, first Philippine novel
Languages of the Philippines
Literature about Southeast Asia
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External links
Cebuano-language texts at Project Gutenberg
Iloko-language texts at Project Gutenberg
Tagabawa-language texts at Project Gutenberg
Tagalog-language texts at Project Gutenberg
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