Today, Sept. 13, is the 114th birth anniversary of writer, labor leader and National Artist for Literature Amado V. Hernandez.
Born in 1903, he grew up in Tondo, Manila. He worked as a journalist for several publications and was elected Manila councilor in 1945 and 1947.
One of his best works is “Mga Ibong Mandaragit,” a socio-political novel that exposes society’s ills as evident in the agrarian problems of the ’50s.
He died on March 24, 1970. –Marielle Medina
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