Filipino Poet, Writer and Educator
Another news archive from The Tribune in 1936 about Dr. Jose P. Rizal. The source of the article is from the National Library of Australia’s Newspaper Digitisation Program. Tribune (Philippines : 1932 – 1945), Friday 19 June 1936, page 3…
In Luis G. Dato’s “An Autobiographical Sketch” in 1978, he mentioned that he was the first Filipino to translate Jose Rizal’s “Mi Ultimo Adios” into English. I found this newspaper Archive from The Tribune from the National Library of Australia.…
by Stephen Cenon D. Talla Handiong or the Ibalon Bikolano epic was transcribed by a Franciscan missionary Bernardino de Melendreras from a Bikolano bard. In 1895, Fray Jose Castaño published the short fragment. It is said the the epic, originally…
by Stephen Cenon D. Talla I received a facebook messenger call from Ms. Marietta Buena Barrameda, a fellow Baaeño from Texas, U.S.A. She is on her mid 70s, as she is a contemporary of Nanay Greta. She introduced herself ,…
by Stephen Cenon Dato Talla Rodolfo Dato (April 17, 1899 – October 11, 1955) was a Filipino lawyer, editor and educator from Baao, Camarines Sur. His book “Filipino Poetry”, published in 1924, is one of the first anthologies of Filipino…
by Stephen Cenon D. Talla The Philippine Magazine, formerly known as the Philippine Education Magazine, was a publication intended for Filipino public teachers. When Abraham Van Heyningen Hartendorp (1893–1975), commonly known as A.V.H. Hartendorp, an American writer and Thomasite, bought…
By Stephen Cenon D. Talla St. Monica Academy Alma Mater Song I would like to mention the St. Monica Academy (SMA) Alma Mater song. The late Paulix Robosa, who sculpted the medallion of the marker of lolo Luis G. Dato…
by Stephen Cenon D. Talla Insanity has the same brain pattern as being in love. Or being in love as much as being crazy. Being in love encompasses a wide gamut of emotions from positive state of happiness, care, compassion…
The Instant Lyre is an unpublished manuscript by Luis G. Dato (1906-1985). Based on the manuscript, the book is the Volume I of the Instant Lyre. The second Volume, was split in to two books, namely Sonnets to the Brown…
Day on the Farm, written by Luis G. Dato in 1934 is among of the familiar texts of his work. It has been anthologized and included in college textbooks all over the country; and one of the most deconstructed and…
The Land of Mai was first published by Luis G. Dato in 1975 in Iriga City. The Philippine epic — around 400 pages typewritten manuscript — has no rhyme, it has a distinctive 10-syllable meter. The following is the prologue…
