Hermenegildo Cruz
Hermenegildo Cruz was a Filipino writer and trade union organizer. He was a founding member of Unión Obrera Democrática Filipina and a member of the Philippine Assembly. He became Director of the Bureau of Labor in 1924.[2]
Hermenegildo Cruz | |
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Born | Binondo, Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines | 31 December 1880
Died | 21 March 1943 62)[1][2] Manila, Philippine Commonwealth | (aged
Nationality | Filipino |
Occupation | Writer |
Notable work | Kun Sino ang Kumatha ng "Florante" |
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Cover of Kartilyang Makabayan: Mga Tanong at Sagot Ukol Kay Andrés Bonifacio at sa KKK, by Hermenegildo Cruz (1922)
A notable work of his is Kun Sino ang Kumathâ ng̃ "Florante" [sic] (English: "On Who Authored 'Florante'"), published in 1906, which is cited as "the first attempt to explain Balagtas by dealing with the poet's biography and the historical context of the poem".[3] Another work, Kartilyang Makabayan: Mga Tanong at Sagot Ukol Kay Andrés Bonifacio at sa KKK, is a biography of Andrés Bonifacio, the father of the Philippine Revolution and the secret society he founded, the Katipunan.[4]
See also
References
- Bituin, Gregorio Jr. V. "Hermenegildo Cruz: Biographer ni Francisco Balagtas, Lider-Manggagawa". Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- Kape at Balita: Panghimagas: 1943: Death of Hermenegildo Cruz (News program). Philippines: GMA News. 2012.
- Medina, Marielle (31 December 2013). "Did you know: Hermenegildo Cruz". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- "The Project Gutenberg EBook of Kartilyang Makabayan, by Hermenegildo Cruz". Project Gutenberg. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
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