Francisco Alvarado is a noted playwright of zarzuela in Lineyte-Samarnon (Waray). He was a member and literary luminary of the Sanghiran san Binisaya organization which was founded in 1909 to cultivate the Waray language.
Poetry Panhayhay hin Bungtohanon, 1921, Hinagpis ng Isang Taga-Bayan An Marol, 1925, Ang Sampagita Kaadlawon, 1925, Araw Kagab-ihon, 1925, Gabi Nihaga, 1930 Pilipinas, 1931
Anthologies Panulaan At Dulaang Leytenhon-Samarnon Jaime Biron Polo, Editor and translator Ateneo de Manila University Press, 1994
References www.bisaya.com Visayan Literature page—defunct