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Tungkol sa mga makata (About the poets)

RUTH FIRMEZA - Nagsimulang kumilos sa Bagong Hukbong Bayan sa Isabela noong 1971; ngayo'y isang namumunong Pulang mandirigma sa Hilagang Luson. Awtor ng istorikal na sanaysay, "Ang Mahabang Martsa ng Bagong Hukbong Bayan sa Cagayan Valley, 1976-78." Kasalukuyang isineserye ang kanyang nobela tungkol sa armadong kilusan sa Cagayan sa Baringkuas, ang pahayagang masa sa rehiyon. (First joined the New People's Army in Isabela in 1971; now a ranking NPA officer in Northern Luzon. Author of the historical essay, "The Long March of the New People's Army in Cagayan Valley, 1976-78." His long novel on the armed movement in Cagayan is presently being serialized in Baringkuas, a regional mass newspaper.)

WILFREDO GACOSTA - Kilala bilang "Ka Nards," nagsimulang kumilos sa bayang sinilangan, sa Barcelona, Sorsogon. Nag-resayn bilang guro sa lokal na pamantasan para magpultaym sa kanayunan. Sa edukasyon ang naging pangunahing tungkulin. Nanguna sa pagtatakwil sa oportunistang linyang palasuko ng pangkating Sanchez-Gapud-Bautista-Labitag noong 1974. Napatay sa isang enkwentro noong 13 Oktubre 1977. (Known as 'Ka Nards', he began his organizing work in his hometown in Barcelona, Sorsogon. He left his job in a local university to do fulltime work in the countryside. His main line of work was in education. He led the campaign against the defeatist opportunist line of the Sanchez-Gapud-Bautista-Labitag clique in 1974. He was killed by the military in an encounter on 13 October 1977.)

JAIME KASANAG - Kumikilos bilang Pulang mandirigma at propagandista sa kanayunan ng Panay. (He works as a Red fighter and propagandist in the Panay countryside.)

EMMANUEL LACABA - Kilalang makata sa Ingles. Lumahok sa kilusang manggagawa sa Maynila Rizal bago magbatas-militar noong 1972. Kumilos bilang Pulang mandirigma sa Mindanaw, kung saan siya pinaslang ng kaaway noong 18 Marso 1976. (A well-known poet in English. He joined the workers' movement in Manila-Rizal before the imposition of martial law in 1972. He worked as a Red fighter in Mindanao, where he was killed by the enemy on 18 March 1976.)

LUCIA MAKABAYAN- Kumilos sa mga sonang gerilya sa Cordillera. (She worked in the guerrilla zones of the Cordillera.)

SERVANDO MAGBANUA - Kumilos bilang Pulang mandirigma at propagandista sa kanayunan ng Panay. Pinatay ng kaaway noong Hulyo, 1986. (He worked as a Red fighter and propagandist in the Panay countryside. He was killed by the enemy in June 1986.)

KATALINO MAYLAYON - Kumikilos sa gawaing propaganda at edukasyon. Awtor ng mga koleksyon ng tula ("Sang-ayunan N'yo Kaya?" at "Pasasalamat") at dagli ("Mga Butil at Katas"). Siya rin ang awtor ng nobelang "Hulagpos!" (1980). (His main line of work is in propaganda and education. He is the author of "Sang-ayunan N'yo Kaya?", a poetry pamphlet, "Mga Butil at Katas," a collection of countryside vignette, and the novel Hulagpos!)

JASON MONTANA - Dating guro at pari. Kumilos bilang Pulang mandirigma sa Cordillera. Awtor ng Clearing, ang koleksyon ng kanyang mga tula sa Ingles. (A former university professor and priest. He worked as a Red fighter in the Cordillera. He is the author of Clearing, a collection of his poetry in English.)

KRIS MONTANEZ - Kumikilos sa Kabisayaan. Awtor ng Kabanbanuagan (Kabataan, 1987), isang koleksyon ng mga kwento sa kanayunan, at The New Mass Art and Literature (1988), isang koleksyon ng kanyang mga sanaysay pangkultura. (Author of Kabanbanuagan (1987), a collection of stories from the countryside, and The New Mass Art and Literature (1988), essay on culture.)

EMIN PENA - Kumikilos bilang Pulang mandirigma sa Nueva Vizcaya - Quirino. (He is with the New People's Army in Nueva Vizcaya-Quirino.)