Contemporary Filipino Author

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Jean-Paul Sartre, 

(1905-1980) born in Paris in 1905, studied at the École Normale Supérieure from 1924 to 1929 and became Professor of Philosophy at Le Havre in 1931. Sartre is one of those writers for whom a determined philosophical position is the centre of their artistic being. Although drawn from many sources, for example, Husserl's idea of a free, fully intentional consciousness and Heidegger's existentialism, the existentialism Sartre formulated and popularized is profoundly original. Its popularity and that of its author reached a climax in the forties, and Sartre's theoretical writings as well as his novels and plays constitute one of the main inspirational sources of modern literature. In his philosophical view atheism is taken for granted; the "loss of God" is not mourned. Man is condemned to freedom, a freedom from all authority, which he may seek to evade, distort, and deny but which he will have to face if he is to become a moral being.

Edgar Calabia Samar

Edgar Calabia Samar is the author of two novels, Sa Kasunod ng 909 (UST Publishing House, 2012) and Walong Diwata ng Pagkahulog (Anvil Publishing, 2009); two poetry collections, Pag-aabang sa Kundiman: Isang Tulambuhay (Ateneo de Manila University Office of Research & Publications, 2006) and Isa Na Namang Pagtingala sa Buwan (National Commission for Culture and the Arts, 2005); a children's storybook, Uuwi na ang Nanay Kong si Darna! (Adarna House, 2005); and a book of personal & critical essays, Halos Isang Buhay Ang Manananggal sa Pagsusulat ng Nobela (UST Publishing House, 2012). 

Ricardo M. de Ungria

born

Philippines 

gender

male

genre

Poetry

Ricardo M. de Ungria earned his A.B. Literature from the De La Salle University, and later obtained an M.F.A. in the Creative Arts from the Washington University in Missouri, U.S.A in 1990. He is a founding member of the Philippine Literary Arts Council (PLAC) and the Unyon ng mga Manunulat ng Pilipinas (UMPIL).

For his poetry, he has received recognition from all over the world. Not only has he been a Fellow at Fulbright, Hawthornden Castle International Retreat for Writers, Bellagio Study & Conference Center, and Washington University, but he has also gathered awards like the Academy of American Poets Prize. Similar achievements include nods from the Saint Louis Poetry Annual Contest, Florida State University's State Street Poetry Contest, Manila Critics' Circle, Palanca, CCP Verse-Writing Contest, and the Free Press.