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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.
Manga Panalanging Pagtatagobilin sa Caloloua nang Tauong Naghihingalo by Gaspar Aquino de Belen, 1703. 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.
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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.
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"Gubat na Mapanglaw" (English: "The Dark Forest") is a Filipino poem written in the popular Filipino epic Florante at Laura. The poem was originally written by Francisco Balagtas and was translated into English by Rolando Tinio .
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.
Derived from the name of Francisco Balagtas also known as the Prince of Balagtasan, this art presents a type of literature in which thoughts or reasoning are expressed through speech. The first balagtasan took place in the Philippines on April 6, 1924, created by groups of writers to commemorate the birth of Francisco Balagtas. [ 1 ]