Cecilio apostol biography definition
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Cecilio Apostol
Si Cecilio Apostol ay isang manananggol subalit di matatawaran ang kanyang kakayahan bilang makata sa wikang Kastila at Tagalog. Hindi lamang dito kinikilala si Cecilio Apostol sa pagiging makata, sa Espanya at Latin Amerika ay sinasabing lalong kilala siya bilang "the greatest Filipino epic poet in Spanish."
Tubong Santa Cruz, Maynila, isinilang siya noong 22 Nobyembre 1877. Anim silang magkakapatid at siya ang pangatlo mula sa panganay. Ang kanyang mga magulang ay sina Jose Pablo Apostol at Marcelina delos Reyes.
Mula pa sa pagkabata ay nakita na sa kanya ang pagkahilig sa tula. Nasa ikatlong baitang pa lamang siya ng mababang paaralan ay sumusulat na siya ng mga tula. Sa mga palatuntunang pampaaralan ay lagi siyang tumutula at sariling mga tula ang kanyang binibigkas. Bukod sa tula, mahilig din siya sa sining. Sa bahay nagpipinta siya at ang kanyang karaniwang ipinipinta ay kalikasan, mga bulaklak, ibon at mga tao.
Simpleng tao lamang si Cecilio. Tahimi
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Cecilio Apóstol
Cecilio Apóstol (November 22, 1877 – September 8, 1938) was a Filipino poet and poet laureate.[1] His poems were once used to teach the Spanish language under the Republic Act No. 1881.[2]
He was born in Santa Cruz, Manila and studied at the Ateneo de Manila where he finished his Bachelor of Arts, before studying lag at the University of Santo Tomas. During the early years of American occupation, he worked as a journalist for the revolutionary newspapers Independence, The Brotherhood, The Union, Renaissance and Democracy. His pseudonym on his work at the La Independencia, beneath Antonio Luna, was Catulo.[3] He later joined the Nacionalista Party which wanted the independence of the Philippines from the United States.[4] He was a member of the Philippine Academy from 1924 until his death. Apóstol wrote in English and Spanish, and composed poems that demonstrated his mastery of Spanish. He composed the poem Al
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