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Today, Sept. 11, is the 101st birth anniversary of the late fictionist and playwright Clodualdo del Mundo Sr. Born in Sta. Cruz, Manila, in 1911, Del Mundo was a cofounder and the first president of the writers’ organization Panitikan. Together with Mars Ravelo, Pablo Gomez and Francisco Coching, he was one of the prolific comics writers in the 1950s who propelled the Tagalog comics into its golden years. One of his famous works was “Kadenang Putik.” Awarded by the City of Manila with the Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan Award in 1966, Del Mundo died on Oct. 3, 1977. Schatzi Quodala, Inquirer Research