The Philippine PEN Poets, Dramatwrights, Essayists, Novelists, a writers' organization led by National Artists Bienvenido Lumbera and F. Sionil Jose, invites literature teachers from the Philippines to participate in the following survey to help assess the needs of our literature teachers and improve PEN training services. We. Lists of novelists, poets, short story writers, journalists, essayists, and playwrights, ranging from simple rankings to amusing anecdotes about the men and women behind the pens. K readers voted for the greatest essayists in history. Current: Michel de Montaigne, George Orwell, Ralph Waldo Emerson.