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  2. Napoleon Abueva - Wikipedia

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    Born Esabelio Veloso Abueva, he was named after the younger sister of his paternal grandmother, Isabel. [3] He assumed the name Napoleon at the age of six, when as a student at the St. Joseph Academy in Tagbilaran, one of the nuns first called him Napoleon after Napoleon Bonaparte. The name stuck, and ever since, Abueva referenced the quote ...

  3. List of English-language books considered the best - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of English-language novels that multiple media outlets and commentators have considered to be among the best of all time. The books included on this list are on at least three "best/greatest of all time" lists.

  4. José Wendell Capili - Wikipedia

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    Capili interviewed National Artist Napoleón Abueva, the "Father of Modern Philippine Sculpture". Abueva revealed his personal aesthetics, especially in connection with World War II. Says Abueva: "We sought the remains of our parents from a field of corpses and items belonging to the members of the resistance group.

  5. Napoleonic Wars in fiction - Wikipedia

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    Ben Kane's Napoleon's Spy (Orion, 2023) concerns a Matthieu Carrey, a half-French, half-English soldier in the Grande Armée during Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812. Science fiction and fantasy Edmond About's L'Homme à l'oreille cassée (1862) is a work of fantastic fiction about a Napoleonic officer who is placed in suspended animation ...

  6. National Artist of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Literature 1976 Napoleón "Billy" Veloso Abueva (1930–2018) Bohol: Visual Arts – Sculpture Leonor Luna Orosa-Goquingco (1917–2005) Batangas: Dance Lamberto Vera Avellana (1915–1991) Mountain Province: Film and Theater Nicomedes "Nick" Márquez Joaquín (1917–2004) Manila: Literature Jovita Flores Fuentes (1895–1978) Capiz: Music

  7. Parish of the Holy Sacrifice - Wikipedia

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    The cross depicting both a suffering and a risen Christ and the marble altar are the handiwork of Napoleon Abueva. The floor mural, executed in terazzo and radiating from the altar, is by Arturo Luz. This floor mural is also called the "River of Life". Fernando Zobel de Ayala had studies to fill the outer wall with calligraphic interpretations ...

  8. List of Nobel laureates in Literature - Wikipedia

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    [5] 18 women have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, the second highest number of any of the Nobel Prizes behind the Nobel Peace Prize. [6] [7] As of 2024, there have been 29 English-speaking laureates of the Nobel Prize in Literature, followed by French with 16 laureates and German with 14 laureates. France has the highest number of ...

  9. Las Piñas Church - Wikipedia

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    Statue of Padre Diego Cera by Napoleon Abueva. The local parish houses the world-renowned Bamboo Organ. A statue of its first parish priest, Diego Cera de la Virgen del Carmen, can be found a few meters in front of its belfry. The statue was a commissioned work of National Artist for Sculpture, Napoleon Abueva. It was inaugurated on July 27 ...