Martin Abellana (1904–1989) was a
Filipino Visayan
Visayans ( Cebuano: ''mga Bisayà'' ) are a Philippine ethnolinguistic family group or metaethnicity native to the Visayas, to the southernmost islands south of Luzon, and to a significant portion of Mindanao. They are composed of numerous di ...
writer. He was a teacher by profession. In the years 1956 to 1958, he was president of the
LUDABI, a group of writers in
Cebuano. His novels are characterized by a concern for the working class. Abellana is one of the Cebuano writers featured by National Artist Resil Mojares in his 1975 book “Cebuano Literature.”
Novels
* ''Kaulit sa Kalipay''
* ''Ang Kalayo sa Sulad''
* ''Tulisok sa Tanlag''
* ''Basuni sa Katingala''
* ''Awit sa Gugma''
* ''Kinabuhi''
References
1904 births
1989 deaths
Cebuano writers
20th-century Filipino novelists
Filipino schoolteachers
20th-century Filipino educators
20th-century Filipino writers
Date of birth missing
Date of death missing
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