2 REMARKABLE WRITERS IN DIFFERENT PERIOD
Nicomedes Márquez Joaquin
What has Nick Joaquin contributed to Philippine literature?
Joaquin was regarded by many as one of the most eminent Filipino writers of the English language. He focused most of his writing on the Spanish colonial era, the rich Filipino heritage, and the complexities of the human mind. In 1976, he received the national artist for literature title.The Philippine National Artist for Literature designation and rank were given to Joaquin. Along with José Rizal and Claro M. Recto, he has been hailed as one of the most influential Filipino authors.This story's author, Nick Joaquin, had a unique writing style; he began his narrative with a flashback. Overall, it is still a wonderful and great story. The moral of the narrative was to think about what marriage really means. To have a successful marriage, a wife and husband must communicate with one another.
Nick Joaquin was a very timid and mysterious writer. Even his reclusive nature and preference for anonymity could not conceal the genius behind his pseudonym, Quijano de Manila, when he was asked to fill out a biographical form for the English-language journal Philippine Review in 1943, he simply wrote "25 years old, salesman."
Because of his extreme seclusion, Joaquin refused to reveal his exact birthday up until the day he passed himself, claiming he did not want people to come over to celebrate. His birthdate is given as either May 4 or September 17, 1917, depending on the source. We can infer that he was actually born on May 4 because he was named after Saint Nicomedes, whose feast day is on that day.
Nicomedes Marquez Joaquin, sometimes known as Nick Joaquin, is a towering literary personality with an unrivaled body of work. His short stories, including May Day Eve and The Summer Solstice, are now required reading in high schools in the Philippines. These are short stories he wrote and published soon after the Second World War, an experience that left him visibly unsettled and longing to go to another country.
Source:
https://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/nick-joaquin-life-a00293-20190507-lfrm
Gilda was born on August 9, 1957, in Cebu City. She is the child of Guarda Olvidado and Gregorio Tan. Her primary schooling was completed in Maranding, Lanao del Norte. She spent two years studying journalism at Manuel L. Quezon University and one year studying chemistry at Adamson University, but she did not complete college.
Gilda had a great deal of admiration for Carlo J. Caparas while she was in her teens, and he encouraged her to consider a career in comic book writing.
Works for TV and film
Cha Lee's Angels, a comedy that she first published as a serial, was based on a well-liked 1970s American television program. However, when she wrote Kapag Puso ang Komiks, her second komiks novel, she found that she was more comfortable writing romance-drama.
A dramatic love story called Nasakdal was ordered by Atlas Publications.
Because of the success of her earlier works, she was in high demand and wrote romance novels for Valentine Romances, Twin Hearts, and Gemini Pocketbooks as well as Dahlia, a radio serial that was famously broadcast over DWWW. She made the decision to launch her own line of novels in 1993. Gilda publishes erotica for the Abante tabloid, particularly in the Brilgint section, in addition to her more well-known pieces.
She was the author of popular komiks novels including Sinasamba Kita (1982) and Dapat Ka Bang Mahalin? (1984), Ina, Kasusuklaman Ba Kita? Kung Mahawi man ang Ulap (1984), Ina? Pinulot Ka Lang (1986), Huwag Mo Kaming Isumpa (1985), and
Huwag Mong Itanong Kung Bakit (1988), Magkano ang Iyong Dangal (1988), Saan Nagtatago ang Pag Ibig (1987), Saa Lupa (1987), Babangon Ako at Dudurgin Kita (1989), and Huwag Mong Itanong Kung Bakit (1988).
She created the screenplays for the 1990 movies Maya, Bakit Kay Tagal ng Sandali, and Tayo na sa Dilim. Her poems were adapted for some Filipino telenovelas, including Babangon Ako't Dudurgin Kita (2008), Dapat Ka Bang Mahalin (2009), Kung Mahawi Man ang Ulap (2007), and Sinsamba Kita (2007). She also contributed to the writing of a few afternoon melodramas, including Kaputol ng Isang Awit (2008) and My Only Love (2007–2008). She also wrote Ina and Kasusuklaman Ba Kita? 2009, as well as Temptation of Wife (2012–2013).
Source:
https://en.wikipilipinas.org/view/Gilda_Olvidado
