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Francisco Balagtas y de la Cruz (April 2, 1788 – February 20, 1862), [1] commonly known as Francisco Balagtas and also as Francisco Baltazar, was a Filipino poet and litterateur of the Tagalog language during the Spanish rule of the Philippines.
Florante at Laura [a] is an 1838 awit written by Tagalog poet Francisco Balagtas. The story was dedicated to his former sweetheart María Asunción Rivera, whom he nicknamed "M.A.R." and Selya in Kay Selya ("For Celia"). [2] [3] [4] The story is loosely based on Balagtas' own biography.
Florante at Laura (Florante and Laura) by Francisco Balagtas, 1838. Urbana at Feliza (Urbana and Feliza) by Modesto de Castro, 1854. Banaag at Sikat (From Early Dawn to Full Light)" by Lope K. Santos, 1906. Ang Huling Timawa by Servando de Los Angeles, 1936. Kayumanggi at Iba Pang Mga Tula by Amado V. Hernandez, 1940.
The other two are Francisco Balagtas, his student, and Ananias Zorilla. Some of his writings in corrido style are Clarito , Adela at Florante , Floro at Clavela , Doce Pares de Francia , Rodrigo de Villas , and the famous Historia Famoso de Bernardo Carpio .
Balagtas's title, which combines history, romance, and religion, became the premier Filipino story taught in schools nationwide. [9] Another influential writer was Leona Florentino, the mother of Philippine women's literature whose work catapulted feminism to the forefront of the revolution. [10] [11]
Buenaventura S. Medina Jr. (born December 1, 1928) is a Filipino author of more than twenty-five books, mostly novels and books on criticism. In 1974, Medina rediscovered a manuscript of Francisco Balagtas' 19th century play Orosman at Zafira at the Philippine National Library after it was presumed lost for over a century.
The Tanghalang Francisco Balagtas (English: Francisco Balagtas Theater), formerly known as the Folk Arts Theater, was a theater located in the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex in Malate, Manila.
Hermogenes Ilagan (Balagtas) – tenor, writer, stage actor, and playwright known as the Father of Philippine Zarzuela; Francisco Balagtas, also known as or Francisco Baltazar (Panginay, Bigaa) – writer, author of Florante at Laura. Jose Corazon de Jesus (pen name "Huseng Batute"; Santa Maria, his father's hometown) – poet