- Ignatio Francisco Alzina
Fr. Ignatio Francisco Alzina (or Alcina) is a Spanish
Jesuit who, in 1668, documentedEast Visayan literature including the poetic forms such as the "candu ", "haya ", "ambahan ", "canogon ", "bical ", "balac ", "siday " and "awit ". He also described the "susumaton " and "posong ", early forms of narratives.References
* [http://www.bisaya.com/papers/literature/bio.html www.bisaya.com Visayan Literature page] -- defunct
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