Vicente Ranudo (April 29, 1882 – March 6, 1930) was a Filipino Visayan writer, poet laureate, and Cebu provincial civil servant.
Proficient in Cebuano, Spanish, and English, he was known to be a private person amidst his involvement in public service, print media, and civic organizations.
[3] In 1920, Ranudo again served as secretary and was then permanently appointed to this position by governor Manuel Roa by February 16, 1921, until he fell sick in 1929.
[2] Ranudo wrote under the name Hernani (alternatively Ernani),[1] the title of a play starring a brigand pursuing his love for a lady who was promised to an ageing guardian.
[6] His influence on Cebuano poetry lies in the classical speech of which his poems were constructed, "highly elevated, formal, romantic tending towards the sentimental and the mystical.
Another extant poem, Yutang Natawhan (Native Land), was written as song lyrics and explored a nationalistic theme.