jan 1, 1947 - Famous Writers during the Period of Maturity and Originality

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Nick Joaquin
- (May 4, 1917 - April 29, 2004)
- a novelist and journalist best known for his English-language short stories and novels
- Quijano de Manila was another pen name he used while writing.
- awarded the rank and title of Philippine National Artist for Literature.
- his famous works are "Mayday Eve," "Prose and Poems," and "The House On Zapote Street."

Jose Garcia Villa
- (August 5, 1908 – February 7, 1997)
- pen name: Doveglion
- was a poet, literary critic, short story novelist, and painter.
- named National Artist of the Philippines for literature in 1973, and Conrad Aiken awarded him a Guggenheim Fellowship in creative writing.
- credited with popularizing the "reversed consonance rhyme scheme" in poetry, as well as the extensive use of punctuation marks, especially commas, earning him the moniker "Comma Poet."

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