Francisco Sionil José

**Francisco Sionil José** () adalah penulis Filipina. A National Artist of the Philippines for Literature, which was bestowed upon him in 2001, José's novels and short stories depict the social underpinnings of class struggles and colonialism in Filipino society. His works—written in English—have been translated into 28 languages, including Korean, Indonesian, Czech, Russian, Latvian, Ukrainian and Dutch.

## Karya
### Novel ''Rosales Saga''
*[[The Rosales Saga|Seri lima novel]] that spans three centuries of Philippine history, translated into 22 languages*
* *[[Sebuah Desa Bernama Po-on]]* (Source) (1984) 
* *[[Tokoh-tokoh Munafik]]* (1962) 
* *[[My Brother, My Executioner]]* (1973) 
* *[[Mass (novel)|Mass]]* (December 31, 1974) 
* *[[Tree (novel)|Tree]]* (1978) 

### Original novels containing the ''Rosales Saga''
* *Source (Po-on)* (1993) 
* *Don Vicente* (1980)  – *Tree* and *My Brother, My Executioner* combined in one book
* *The Samsons*  *The Pretenders* and *Mass* combined in one book

### Other novels

### Novellas
* *[[Three Filipino Women]]* (1992) 
* *[[Two Filipino Women]]* (1981) 

### Short story collections
* *[[The God Stealer]] and Other Stories* (2001) 
* *Puppy Love and Thirteen Short Stories* (March 15, 1998)  and 
* *Olvidon and Other Stories* (1988) 
* *Platinum: Ten Filipino Stories* (1983)  (now out of print, its stories are added to the new version of *Olvidon and Other Stories*)
* *Waywaya: Eleven Filipino Short Stories* (1980) 
* *Asian PEN Anthology* (as editor) (1966)
* *Short Story International (SSI): Tales by the World's Great Contemporary Writers* (Unabridged, Volume 13, Number 75) (co-author, 1989) 

### Children's books
**The Molave and The Orchid* (November 2004)

### Verses
* *Questions* (1988)

### Essays and non-fiction
* *In Search of the Word* (De La Salle University Press, March 15, 1998)  and 
* *We Filipinos: Our Moral Malaise, Our Heroic Heritage*
* *Soba, Senbei and Shibuya: A Memoir of Post-War Japan*  and 
* *Heroes in the Attic, Termites in the Sala: Why We are Poor* (2005)
* *This I Believe: Gleanings from a Life in Literature* (2006)
* *Literature and Liberation* (co-author) (1988)

### In translation
* *Zajatec bludného kruhu (The Pretenders)* (Czech language, Svoboda, 1981)
* *Po-on* (Tagalog language, De La Salle University Press, 1998)  and 
* *Anochecer (Littera)* (Spanish language, Maeva, October 2003)  and 

### In anthologies
* *Tong*  (a short story from *Brown River, White Ocean: An Anthology of Twentieth-Century Philippine Literature in English* by Luis Francia, Rutgers University Press, August 1993)  and 

### In film documentaries
* *Francisco Sionil José – A Filipino Odyssey* by Art Makosinski (Documentary, in color, 28min, 16mm. Winner of the Golden Shortie for Best Documentary at the 1996 Victoria Film and Video Festival)

## Books about F. Sionil José
* *Frankie Sionil José: A Tribute* by Edwin Thumboo (editor) (Times Academic Press, Singapore, January 2005)  and 
* *Conversations with F. Sionil José* by Miguel A. Bernard (editor) (Vera-Reyes Publishing Inc.,  Philippines, 304 pages, 1991
* *The Ilocos: A Philippine Discovery* by James Fallows, The Atlantic Monthly magazine, Volume 267, No. 5, May 1991
* *F. Sionil José and His Fiction* by Alfredo T. Morales (Vera-Reyes Publishing Inc., Philippines, 129 pages)
* *Die Rosales Saga von Francisco Sionil José. Postkoloniale Diskurse in der Romanfolge eines Philippinischen Autors* by Hergen Albus (SEACOM Edition, Berlin, 2009)
* *Post-colonial Discourses in Francisco Sionil José's Rosales Saga: Post-colonial Theory vs. Philippine Reality in the Works of a Philippine Autor* by Hergen Albus (Südwestdeutscher Verlag für Hochschulschriften, 14. November 2012)

## Referensi

## Bacaan lebih lanjut
*The Writings of F. Sionil Jose, Archives, The New York Times . Retrieved on June 16, 2007
*The Works of Francisco Sionil Jose, The New York Public Library . Retrieved on June 16, 2007
*Books of F. Sionil Jose, Amazon.com . Retrieved on June 16, 2007
*''Filipino English: Literature As We Think It'' (from F. Sionil Jose's Keynote Lecture at the Conference on "Literatures in Englishes" at the National University of Singapore), F. Sionil Jose: National Artist for Literature, Foremost Novelist, and Stanford.edu, March 19, 2006 . Retrieved on June 16, 2007
*Jose, F. Sionil.  "We Who Stayed Behind (Many fled the Philippines during the Marcos years, writes F. Sionil Jose. But what about those who remained?)", Asian Journey, Time Asia magazine (18–25 August 2003 issue), Time.com, 11 August 2007. Retrieved on June 21, 2007
*Allen Gaborro, A book review about ''Sins'', a novel by F. Sionil Jose, Random House, 1996, Eclectica.org . Retrieved on April 22, 2008

## Pranala luar

*F. Sionil José: The Myth of a Filipino Writer 
*Full Text: The God Stealer by F. Sionil Jose