Gemino H. Abad Philippine National Artist for Literature from Cebu

He joins anoth­er Cebuano, Resil Mojares, who was named Nation­al Artist for Lit­er­a­ture in 2018.

Top pho­to shows Jim­my Abad flanked by Cebua­nas at a book fes­ti­val l‑r: Rose Vil­la Poblete, Mari­na Hamoy, Gemi­no H. Abad, Cecil­ia Brainard, Lor­na Lardiz­a­bal Dietz.

Low­er pho­to was tak­en in 2013 in Cebu dur­ing the vis­it of anoth­er Nation­al Artist for Lit­er­a­ture F. Sion­il Jose, l‑r: Seat­ed l‑r: Resil Mojares, F. Sion­il Jose, Tessie Jose: Stand­ing l‑r: Hope Yu, Cecil­ia Brainard, Mar­lin­da Tan, Jobers Bersales, Erma Cuizon, Hen­dri Go.