Academia Filipina de la Lengua Española
The Academia Filipina de la Lengua Española ( German Filipino Academy of the Spanish Language ) is the most important academy for the preservation of the Spanish language in the Philippines .
Its headquarters are in Makati City . The academy was formed by a group of scholars, teachers, philologists, journalists and writers and belongs to the Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española (Association of Spanish Language Academies). The academy was founded on July 25, 1924 . Its founders and main drivers were the novelist and short story writer Guillermo Gómez Windham, the polygraph Jesús Balmori and the poet and essayist Fernando Maria Guerrero , known as the "Prince of Filipino Poets", founder of the Filipino daily newspaper in Spanish El Renacimiento .
Academics
Board
- Emmanuel Luis Romanillos, director
- José Rodríguez Rodríguez, Honorary Director
- Daisy López, Vice Director
- René Ángelo Prado Singian, Treasurer
- Salvador B. Malig, secretary
- Wystan de la Peña Salarda, Deputy Secretary
- Lourdes Castrillo de Brillantes, librarian
- Guillermo Gómez Rivera, coordinator
Academics sorted by number of affiliations
- Guillermo Gomez Rivera
- Edmundo Farolán Romero
- Fidel Villarroel
- Ramón A. Pedrosa
- José Rodríguez Rodríguez
- Diosdado Talamayan y Aenlle
- Rosalinda Orosa
- José Arcilla Solero SJ
- María Consuelo Puyat-Reyes
- Francisco C. Delgado
- Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
- Benito Legarda
- Salvador B. Malig
- Alberto G. Romulo
- Wystan de la Peña Salarda
- Lourdes Castrillo Brillantes
- Regino Paular y Pintal
- Emmanuel Luis A. Romanillos
- José María Cariño y Ancheta
- Macario M. Ofilada, III
- Erwin Thaddeus Bautista Luna
- René Ángelo Prado Singian
- René S. Salvania
- Trinidad O. Regala
- Daisy Lopez
- Charlene Pangilinan