Resil B. Mojares

Resil Barretto Mojares (born September 4, 1943) is a Filipino historian and critic of Philippine literature best known as for his books on Philippine history. He is acclaimed by various writers and critics as the Visayan Titan of Letters, due to his immense contribution to Visayan literature.[1] He was recognized in 2018 as a National Artist of the Philippines for Literature - a conferment which represents the Philippine state's highest recognition for artists.[2][3][4]

Resil Mojares
BornResil Barretto Mojartes
(1943-09-04) September 4, 1943
Polanco, Zamboanga del Norte
OccupationHistorian, literary critic
NationalityFilipino
Alma materUniversity of the Philippines Diliman
University of San Carlos
Notable awardsOrder of National Artists of the Philippines
Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Short Story
SpouseSalvacion Ouano Go
ChildrenKim Carmel, Mark Soren, Ressa Gail, Anna Leigh

Life and career

Mojares was born to parents who were public school teachers on September 4, 1943 in Polanco, Zamboanga del Norte.[5]

Mojares has a bachelor's degree in English, a master's degree in Literature and postgraduate studies all at the University of San Carlos, as well as a Ph.D. in Literature from the University of the Philippines Diliman. A retired Professor at the University of San Carlos (USC) in Cebu City, he was a founding director (1975–96) of USC's Cebuano Studies Center, a pioneering local studies center in the Philippines.

Mojares has authored books on Philippine history, literature, and politics, including studies on three eminent Filipino intellectuals (Pedro Paterno, T.H. Pardo de Tavera, and Isabelo de los Reyes).

He has been a recipient of six Philippine National Book Awards. His books include The War Against the Americans: Resistance and Collaboration in Cebu Province; Aboitiz: Family & Firm in the Philippines; House of Memory: Essays; and Vicente Sotto, The Maverick Senator (Cebuano Studies Center, 1992).

Mojares has been a visiting professor at Kyoto University, the National University of Singapore, and the University of California at Los Angeles where he lectures on "The Philippine Novel" and "Topics in Philippine Cultural History".

Mojares is writing the history of Cebu Province for the Cebu Town History Project.

In 2019, Mojares was recognized as one of the Top 100 Cebuano personalities by The Freeman, Cebu's longest-running newspaper. He was recognized alongside Tomas Osmeña, Max Surban, and Rubilen Amit as part of the centennial anniversary of the local newspaper.[6]

Notable works
  • Origins and Rise of the Filipino Novel: A Generic Study of the Novel Until 1940 (Quezon City, UP Press, 1983; second ed. 1998)[2]
  • The Man Who Would Be President: Serging Osmeña and Philippine Politics (Cebu: Maria Cacao, 1986)
  • Waiting for Mariang Makiling: Essays on Philippine Cultural History (Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2002)
  • Theater in Society, Society in Theater: Social History of a Cebuano Village, 1840-1940 (Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 1985)
  • The War Against the Americans: Resistance and Collaboration in Cebu, 1899-1906 (Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 1999)
  • House of Memory: Essays (Metro Manila: Anvil Publishing, 1997)
  • Brains of the Nation: Pedro Paterno, T.H. Pardo de Tavera, Isabelo de los Reyes and the Production of Modern Knowledge (Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2006)
  • Isabelo’s Archive (Metro Manila: Anvil Publishing, 2013).

Personal life

Mojares is married to Salvacion Ouano Go, and had four children together. He resides in Barangay Talamban in Cebu City.[5]

See also

References
  1. Lantin, Alo (25 October 2018). "The Visayan titan of letters, newly minted National Artist Resil Mojares". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  2. "Order of National Artists: Resil B. Mojares". National Commission for Culture and the Arts. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  3. Chua, Paolo (2018-10-23). "Here Are the Shortlisted Names For the 2018 Philippine National Artist Award". Town and Country Philippines. Archived from the original on 2018-10-23. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
  4. Zulueta, Lito B. (24 October 2018). "7 new national artists to be proclaimed Wednesday". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  5. Lato-Ruffolo, Cris Evert (4 November 2018). "Mojares: National artist makes Cebuanos proud". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  6. "Top 100 Cebuano Personalities - Resil B. Mojares". The Freeman. 12 May 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
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