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Ilocano literature or Iloko literature pertains to the literary works of writers of Ilocano ancestry regardless of the language used - be it Ilocano, English, Spanish or other foreign and Philippine languages. For writers of the Ilocano language, the terms "Iloko" and "Ilocano" are different.
25 mar 2018 · Ilocano literature can be traced back at least to the early 17th century. There are a large number of religious documents, poems, riddles (burburcha), proverbs, epic stories, folksongs, and other literary works that belong to this tradition.
Ariel S. Tabag (born 1978, Sta. Teresita, Cagayan) is an award-winning Ilokano fictionist and poet, literary editor, and translator. He holds an AB degree major in Philosophy which he obtained in 1999 from Our Lady of the Angels Seminary in Novaliches, Quezon City.
2 lut 2018 · This document provides an overview of literature from the Ilocos region of the Philippines. It discusses several important figures in Ilocano literature such as Pedro Bucaneg, considered the father of Ilocano literature for writing the epic poem Biag ni Lam-ang.
9 sie 2024 · The epic "Biag ni Lam-ang" provides insightful learnings about the culture of the Ilokanos. From birth, Lam-Ang's unique ability to speak sets him apart and establishes him as the story's protagonist. Animals with supernatural abilities symbolize the significant role of nature in the narrative.
13 kwi 2022 · Pedro Bukaneg (1592-1630), a renowned Filipino poet, is acknowledged as the author of the Ilocano epic – Biag ni Lam-ang. He is also regarded as the first Ilokano man-of-letters, orator, musician, lexicographer, and linguist to appear in the limelight of our history.
Part of his Master’s thesis spawned a collection of Ilokano poems with Filipino translations which has been published by the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts in 2015 as Dandaniw Ilokano: mga tulang Ilokano, 1621-2014.
