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Marcel Navarra

Marcel Navarra

| July 7, 2011

Marcel M. Navarra (1914-1984) is known as “The Father of Modern Cebuano Literature.” He was born in Tuyom, Carcar. He spent most of his life writing almost 80 short stories which were published in Cebuano magazines; namely, Bisaya, Alimyon and Bulak. His first story, Tungod sa Kayagang, was published in Nasud in 1931. His best-known […]

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Nicolas Rafols

Nicolas Rafols

| July 7, 2011

  Nicolas Mercado Rafols Jr was born in Toledo, Cebu in 1894 and died on May 2, 1947. He was a poet and fictionist. His parents are Ignacia Mercado and Nicolas Rafols Sr, a Spanish mestizo who was one of those responsible for opening up the Toledo area to large-scale commercial agriculture. He studied in […]

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Pres. Sergio Osmeña Sr.

Pres. Sergio Osmeña Sr.

| July 7, 2011

Sergio Osmeña Sr. was born in Cebu on September 9, 1898. He studied at Seminario Colegio de San Carlos in 1889; took up law at the University of Sto. Tomas. He was a publisher of El Nuevo Dia and passed the bar in 1903. He became the Governor of Cebu (1906), Assemblyman (1907), Senate President […]

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Rafael Regis

Rafael Regis

| July 7, 2011

Rafael Regis

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Rogelio Pono

Rogelio Pono

| July 7, 2011

Rogelio Pono

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Sulpicio Selerio Osorio

Sulpicio Selerio Osorio

| July 7, 2011

Born in Dalaguete, Cebu on the 17th of January 1898 and died on the 26th of March 1970. Fictionist. He is the son of Estanislao Osorio, a wealthy farmer-merchant, and Hilaria Selerio; he was the cousin of writer Amando Osorio. He studied in the local elementary school and finished his high school in Cebu. In […]

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Vicente Noel

Vicente Noel

| July 7, 2011

Vicente Noel

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Cebuano Folktales 2

Cebuano Folktales 2

| July 7, 2011

Alburo, Erlinda K. Cebuano Folktales 2 Cebu City: University of San Carlos Publications, 1977.  43p. (Booklet with English translation of some Cebuano folktales) P45.00 in the Philippines* 

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Cebuano Folksongs 1

Cebuano Folksongs 1

| July 7, 2011

Alburo, Erlinda K. Cebuano Folksongs 1. Cebu City: University of San Carlos Publications, 1978.  39p. (Booklet with musical notation and texts in Cebuano and English of some popular Cebuano folksongs) P 45.00 in the Philippines* With picture

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Cebuano Poetry Sugboanong Balak

Cebuano Poetry Sugboanong Balak

| July 7, 2011

Alburo, Erlinda K., et al (trans-eds.) Cebuano Poetry/Sugbuanong Balak until 1940. Cebu City:  Cebuano Studies Center, 1988. (with critical preface, bilingual texts and annotations) 232 p. P350.00 in the Philippines*  (Out of print)

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