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Amado V. Hernandez: Tudla at Tudling: Katipunan ng mga Nalathalang Tula 1921-1970
Ang mga tula niyang "Kung Tuyo na ang Luha Mo Aking Bayan,"Panata sa Kalayaan," "Bayani," at "Aklatan" ay patuloy na binibigkas at inaawit sa mga pangmasang pagkilos.
Ang paggalang at pagpapahalagang iniuukol kay Hernandez o Ka Amado sa kanyang mga kaibigan at kapanalig, ay buhat sa kanyang di-mapagaalinlanganang paninindigan bilang manunulat na humanay sa panig ng nasyunalismo, demokrasya at panlipunang katarungan para sa higit na nakararaming inaapi. Ang paninindigang ito ay pinangatawanan niya sa panulat at sa tuwirang pakikilahok sa kilusang manggagawa. Katulad ng sinapit ng mga nagbubunsod na mabago ang umiiral na relasyon sa ari-arian, si Hernandez ay dumanas din ng dahas ng estado. Ibinilanggo siya ng pamahalaang Quirino noong 1951-1956. Sa kanyang paglaya sa bilangguan ay muli niyang ipinagpatuloy ang pagtataguyod ng ipinaglabang mga simulain.
Sa ngayon, si Hernandez ay nakaukit na sa puso at diwa ng kilusang makabayan. Sa labas man ng Pilipinas siya'y iginagalang at ang kanyang mga lalong kilalang akda tulad ng Mga Ibong Mandaragit, Bayang Malaya, Isang Dipang Langit ay binabasa't isinasalin.
Ang paggalang at pagpapahalagang iniuukol kay Hernandez o Ka Amado sa kanyang mga kaibigan at kapanalig, ay buhat sa kanyang di-mapagaalinlanganang paninindigan bilang manunulat na humanay sa panig ng nasyunalismo, demokrasya at panlipunang katarungan para sa higit na nakararaming inaapi. Ang paninindigang ito ay pinangatawanan niya sa panulat at sa tuwirang pakikilahok sa kilusang manggagawa. Katulad ng sinapit ng mga nagbubunsod na mabago ang umiiral na relasyon sa ari-arian, si Hernandez ay dumanas din ng dahas ng estado. Ibinilanggo siya ng pamahalaang Quirino noong 1951-1956. Sa kanyang paglaya sa bilangguan ay muli niyang ipinagpatuloy ang pagtataguyod ng ipinaglabang mga simulain.
Sa ngayon, si Hernandez ay nakaukit na sa puso at diwa ng kilusang makabayan. Sa labas man ng Pilipinas siya'y iginagalang at ang kanyang mga lalong kilalang akda tulad ng Mga Ibong Mandaragit, Bayang Malaya, Isang Dipang Langit ay binabasa't isinasalin.
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First published January 1, 1986
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Amado V. Hernandez
9 books113 followersAmado 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.
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.
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November 6, 2009
"Nahahati sa dalawang panahon ang tulain ni ka amado, ang isa sa pakikitunggali(bilang isang manggagawa,preso,amang nangungulila sa anak,kapatid,at kasama) at pagibig sa isang banda"
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