Filipino Poet, Writer and Educator
Prose about poetry written by Luis Dato; or historical articles related to the town of Baao, by authors otherwise indicated.
Mount Iriga with the Century Tree in Antipolo, Baao, Camarines Sur
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The Instant Lyre is an unpublished manuscript by Luis G. Dato (1906-1985).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…
from the website — by Vicente Ll. Ramirez, Jr., Chair, Baao Historical Society Legend has it that early in the colonial era a Spaniard came to a fishing village by a lake and asked a local how the turtle,…
I was there at the time of the interview. I was one of the children peeking down the stairs, trying to take a glimpse of the visitors. “They were chatting in English!”, I thought. Before lolo Luis G. Dato went…
by Stephen Cenon D. Talla It was in 2006 when my late Uncle Naldo handed me a box filled with treasure — Lolo Luis G. Dato manuscript. It has hundreds of poems, sonnets – typewritten with some handwritten annotations. Honestly,…
