Iluminado Lucente y García (Filipino: Iluminado García Lucente, May 14, 1883 - February 14, 1960) was a Filipino writer, primarily writing poetry and drama in the Waray language.
His most famous work is the poem An Iroy Nga Tuna (The Motherland).
His family's status allowed him to be tutored privately before he attended university in Manila.
[1] In 1906, Lucente established the periodical An Kaadlawon (The Day Break), becoming responsible for the proliferation of Waray literature in the years to come.
[1][4][5] Becoming mayor of Tacloban in 1912, he was elected to the Philippine Congress representing Leyte and later became Secretary to the Governor, then Secretary of the Senate for Senate president Francisco Enage.