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Amado V. Hernandez


Image result for amado v hernandezAmado V. Hernandez was a poet, playwright, novelist and awarded as National Artist for Literature. He also experienced to be a guerilla and labor leader that inspired him to make novels such as Mga Ibong Mandranggit and Luha ng Buwaya. He was proclaimed as National Artist in 1973 for “his contribution to the development of Tagalog prose.

He died on  March 24, 1970 in the wake of the First Quarter Storm, whose leaders and activists recited his words. Isang Dipang Langit (An Arm-Stretch of Sky), Kung Tuyo na ang Luha Mo, Aking Bayan (When Your Tears Have Dried, My Country), Panata sa Kalayaan (Pledge to Freedom), and the novel Luha ng Buwaya (Crocodile Tears) are the legacies he left for us. 
His works:
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Luha ng Buwaya


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Mga Ibong Mandaranggit

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 Bullets and Roses
 


Sources:
http://www.marymartin.com/web/selectedIndex?mEntry=177601
https://www.pinterest.ph/pin/434456695273054154/
 http://pecayojamilah.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-biography-of-amado-v-hernandez.html
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17448321-bullets-and-roses