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Amado V. Hernandez

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September 13, 1903 in Hagonoy, Bulacan, Philippines

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March 24, 1970

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Amado Vera Hernandez was born in Hagonoy, Bulacan but grew up Tondo, Manila, where he studied at the Manila High School and at the American Correspondence School. While being a reporter, columnist and editor of several newspaper and magazines including Watawat, Mabuhay, Pilipino, Makabayan and Sampaguita, he also honed his poetic craft. He received the Republic Cultural Heritage Award, a number of Palancas and an award from the National Press Club for his journalistic achievements.

After World War II, he became a member of the Philippine Newspaper Guild and his writings increasingly dealt with the plight of the peasants and laborers. Influenced by the philosophy of Hobbes and Locke, he advocated revolution as a means of change. In 1947, he b...more Amado Vera Hernandez was born in Hagonoy, Bulacan but grew up Tondo, Manila, where he studied at the Manila High School and at the American Correspondence School. While being a reporter, columnist and editor of several newspaper and magazines including Watawat, Mabuhay, Pilipino, Makabayan and Sampaguita, he also honed his poetic craft. He received the Republic Cultural Heritage Award, a number of Palancas and an award from the National Press Club for his journalistic achievements.

After World War II, he became a member of the Philippine Newspaper Guild and his writings increasingly dealt with the plight of the peasants and laborers. Influenced by the philosophy of Hobbes and Locke, he advocated revolution as a means of change. In 1947, he became the president of the Congress of Labor Organization (CLO). His activities and writings led him to imprisonment from 1951 to 1956. Even in prison, he was still a leader and artist, spearheading education programs and mounting musical productions, plays and poetry reading. It was during his incarceration that he wrote one his masterpiece, Mga Ibong Mandaragit (Predatory Birds). His prison writings were smuggled out by his wife, zarzuela star Honarata “Atang” dela Rama, who would become our National Artist for Music and Theater.

Ka Amado died on 24 March 1970 in the wake of the First Quarter Storm, whose leaders and activists recited his words. He left a legacy that includes Isang Dipang Langit (An Arm-Stretch of Sky), Kung Tuyo na ang Luha Mo, Aking Bayan (When Your Tears Have Dried, My Country), Panata sa Kalayaan (Pledge to Freedom), and the novel Luha ng Buwaya (Crocodile Tears).

He was posthumously honored as our National Artist for Literature in 1973. Together with poet Jose Garcia Villa, Amado V. Hernandez was the first to receive the title in literature.

Ka Amado gave voices to the oppressed peasants and laborers, rendering them powerful verses and plots that should have gone down as a compelling chronicle of a struggle of a people, but still prove to be an influential instrument in constituting reform and empowerment. A literary artist that he is, Ka Amado remains to be a social and political leader, fast becoming to be an icon of the working-class.(less)

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Average rating: 3.96 · 158 ratings · 24 reviews · 6 distinct works

	Mga Ibong Mandaragit 3.81 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 1969	My rating:
	Luha ng buwaya 4.08 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 1962 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Isang Dipang Langit: Katipunan ng mga tula ni Amado V. Hernandez 3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1961	My rating:
	Langaw sa Isang Basong Gatas at Iba Pang Kuwento by Amado V. Hernandez, Rosario Torres-Yu (Editor) 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1996	My rating:
	Amado V. Hernandez: Tudla at Tudling : Katipunan ng mga Nalathalang Tula 1921-1970 by Amado V. Hernandez, Rosario Torres-Yu (Patnugot) 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	My rating:
	Magkabilang Mukha ng Isang Bagol at Iba Pang Akda 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	My rating:

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“Ang bawa't bayani ay may kaukulang panahon, kung panong ang kapanahunan at mgapangyayaring umiiral ay lumilikha ng mga bayaning kailangan niya.”
― Amado V. Hernandez, Mga Ibong Mandaragit

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“Naryan ang kaibhan ng armas sa isang ideya. Ang sandata'y nakagigiba't pumapatay lamang; ang ideya'y nakagigiba't nakabubuo, pumapatay at bumubuhay.”
― Amado V. Hernandez, Mga Ibong Mandaragit

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“Ang kahapo'y saliga ng ngayon, at ang ngayo'y haligi ng kinabukasan. Gusto kong sabihi'y ang diwa ng ating mga bayaning nangabulid sa karimla'y siya ring dapat tumanglaw sa mga nagmamahal sa bayan sa panahong ito. Pagka't ang magiging bunga ng inyong mga gawai'y siyang magbibigay ng lakas sa hahaliling salin.”
― Amado V. Hernandez, Mga Ibong Mandaragit

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