Nick Joaquín



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Nick Joaquín

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born
May 04, 1917 in Paco, Manila, Philippines

died
April 29, 2004

gender
male

genre
Literature & Fiction, History, Short Stories


About this author

Nicomedes Márquez Joaquín (May 4, 1917–April 29, 2004) was a Filipino writer, historian and journalist, best known for his short stories and novels in the English language. He also wrote using the pen name Quijano de Manila. Joaquin was conferred the rank and title of National Artist of the Philippines for Literature.

After Jose Rizal and Claro M. Recto, both writers in spanish language, he is considered the third most important Filipino writer (but the most important writer writing in the English language).

Learn more about him here.


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Books by Nick Joaquín

Average rating: 3.87 · 459 ratings · 59 reviews · 32 distinct works
The Woman Who Had Two Navel...
3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 168 ratings
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A question of heroes
4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1977 — 2 editions
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Cave and Shadows
4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1983 — 2 editions
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Manila, My Manila: A Histor...
4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 27 ratings
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A Portrait of the Artist as...
3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1966
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Tropical Gothic
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1972 — 3 editions
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The Summer Solstice and Oth...
4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2011
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Prose and Poems (Filipino L...
4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1952 — 2 editions
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May Day Eve and Other Stories
4.62 of 5 stars 4.62 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2011
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Novels by Nick Joaquin: A P...
3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2010
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Quotes by Nick Joaquín

“The point is not how we use a tool, but how it uses us.”
― Nick Joaquín, Culture and History
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“By your dust, and by the dust of all the generations, I promise to continue, I promise to preserve! The jungle may advance, the bombs may fall again―but while I live, you live―and this dear city of our affections shall rise again―if only in my song! To remember and to sing: that is my vocation...”
― Nick Joaquín
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“We are not quite conscious of the reason for our disdain when we refer to the illiterate past as wallowing in ignorance... What divides us from them is the column of print. Theirs was a total culture involving all the senses, while ours is a culture concentrated in the literate eye.”
― Nick Joaquín, Culture and History
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