Top 100 Cebuano Personalities - Resil B. Mojares

CEBU, Philippines —  A teacher and scholar, essayist and fictionist, and cultural and literary historian, Resil Mojares is acknowledged as a leading figure in the promotion of regional literature and history. He is the founding director of the Cebuano Studies Center, an important research institution which placed Cebu in the research and documentation map.

Mijares pioneered Cebuano and national identity formation. As a leading figure in cultural and literary history, he networked actively with many organizations. For over 50 years, Mojares has published in diverse forms (fiction, essay, journalism, scholarly articles, and books) across a wide range of disciplines (literature, history, biography, cultural studies, and others). To date, he has 17 published books (more in the press) and edited, co-edited, or co-authored 11 books, and written numerous articles for popular and scholarly publications.

He is the first Cebuano to earn the honor as National Artist for Literature. (Source: https://ncca.gov.ph)