6 - Amado V. Hernandez

Amado V. Hernandez

A filipino author who became popular because of his written great poets is what I  know about Amado V. Hernandez since then. But, who is really Amado V. Hernandez? What's the story behind those poets? What and who is his inspiration to write? Through this research we will find out those questions.

Amado V. Hernandez (September 13, 1903 and died March 24, 1970). He was born in Sagrada Familia in  Hagonoy, Bulacan but grew up in Tondo, Manila, where he studied at the Manila High School and at the American Correspondence School. He married Filipino actress Atang de la Rama. 

He was a young father at the early age. The couple were both identified as National Artist. Hernandez for Literature , while de la Rama for Stage, Dance and Music.

"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.

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."

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Moreover, Ka Amado offered voices to the abused workers and laborers, rendering them effective verses and plots that ought to have gone down as a convincing annal of a battle of an individuals, yet at the same time end up being a persuasive instrument in constituting change and strengthening. An abstract craftsman that he is, Ka Amado stays to be a social and political pioneer, quick getting to be to be a symbol of the regular workers.

Sources:

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/796596.Amado_V_Hernandez

https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amado_V._Hernandez