Lualhati Bautista

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She was born in Tondo, Manila on December 2, 1946 to parents Esteban Bautista and Gloria Torres. She studied in public schools, both in her elementary and high school years. She graduated from the Emilio Jacinto Elementary School in 1964 and from Torres High School in 1968. While studying in the Lyceum of the Philippines, she took the course of which she had no interest, and eventually stopped schooling. She started writing while she was still 16 years old, and was mainly influenced by her parents who were into composing and poem-writing. Her first stories were published in the magazine, Liwayway. She was the vice-president of the Screenwriters Guild of the Philippines and the chair of the Kapisanan ng mga Manunulat ng Nobelang Popular. She...more She was born in Tondo, Manila on December 2, 1946 to parents Esteban Bautista and Gloria Torres. She studied in public schools, both in her elementary and high school years. She graduated from the Emilio Jacinto Elementary School in 1964 and from Torres High School in 1968. While studying in the Lyceum of the Philippines, she took the course of which she had no interest, and eventually stopped schooling. She started writing while she was still 16 years old, and was mainly influenced by her parents who were into composing and poem-writing. Her first stories were published in the magazine, Liwayway. She was the vice-president of the Screenwriters Guild of the Philippines and the chair of the Kapisanan ng mga Manunulat ng Nobelang Popular. She became a national fellow for fiction of the University of the Philippines Creative Writing Center in 1986. She often joins in writing contests, only now she is one of the judges. Until now, Ms. Lualhati Bautista is one of the sought-after writers of our time.

Ms. Lualhati Bautista is known for her outstanding and award-winning novels. Among these, are Gapo (1980), Dekada '70 (1983), and Bata, Bata, Pa'no Ka Ginawa? (1984). All of these won the grand prize in the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature. Aside from this, she has written numerous poems and short stories, some of which were compiled in an anthology. In addition to being a novelist, Lualhati Bautista is also a movie and television scriptwriter and a short story writer. Her first screenplay is Sakada (Seasonal Sugarcane Workers), a story written in 1972 that exposed the plight of Filipino peasants. Copies of the script were even confiscated by the military. As a writer, Lualhati Bautista received recognition from the Philippine's Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature and then the Surian ng Wikang Pambansa in 1987. Her award-winning screenplays include Bulaklak sa City Jail (1984), Kung Mahawi Man ang Ulap (1984), Sex Object (1985). Among the screen play writing awards she received include recognition from the Metro Manila Film Festival (best story-best screenplay), Film Academy Awards (best story-best screenplay), Star Awards (finalist for best screenplay), FAMAS (finalist for best screenplay), and URIAN awards. Two of her short stories also won the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, namely: Tatlong Kuwento ng Buhay ni Julian Candelabra (Three Stories in the Life of Juan Candelabra), first prize, 1982; and Buwan, Buwan, Hulugan mo Ako ng Sundang (Moon, Moon, Drop Me a Sword), third prize, 1983. She was honored on 10 March, 2004 during the 8th Annual Lecture on Vernacular Literature by Women by the Ateneo Library of Women’s Writings (ALIWW). Among the television dramas she wrote include: Daga sa Timba ng Tubig (1975) and Isang Kabanata sa Libro ng Buhay ni Leilani Cruzaldo (1987). The latter won best drama story for television from the Catholic Mass Media Awards.

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	Bata, Bata... Pa'no Ka Ginawa? 4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 936 ratings — published 1983	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dekada '70 4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 855 ratings — published 1984 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	'Gapô (at isang puting Pilipino, sa mundo ng mga Amerikanong kulay brown) 4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 458 ratings — published 1988 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Desaparesidos 4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 136 ratings — published 2006	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bata, Bata... Paano Ka Ginawa? The Screenplay by Lualhati Bautista, Chito Roño (Director's Notes) 4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 1997	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bulaklak sa City Jail 4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2006	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Buwan, Buwan, Hulugan Mo Ako ng Sundang: Dalawang Dekada ng Maiikling Kuwento 4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1991	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sila At Ang Gabi: Isang Buong Laot at Kalahati ng Daigdig 4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ang Babae sa Basag na Salamin 4.44 of 5 stars 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1994	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Apat Na Screenplay 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Tama na sa akin 'yung maligaya ako paminsan-minsan. Para kapag malungkot ako, masasabi ko sa sarili ko: Minsan naman, maligaya rin ako.”
― Lualhati Bautista, Bata, Bata... Pa'no Ka Ginawa?

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“Minsa'y naiisip n'ya na sana kung may operasyon sa utak at may operasyon sa puso sana'y may operasyon din na magbubura ng masasakit na alaala sa utak at puso ng tao magtatanggal sa parte ng utak at puso na sisidlan ng mga gunitang dapat nang kalimutan.”
― Lualhati Bautista, Desaparesidos

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“Hindi achievement ang tawag ko sa gano'n. Suwertihan lang 'yong ipinanganak ka nang maganda. Ang achievement e something you work hard to attain.”
― Lualhati Bautista, Bata, Bata... Pa'no Ka Ginawa?

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