DID YOU KNOW: April is National LIterature Month

National Literature Month is observed every April by virtue of Proclamation No. 968 signed on Feb. 10, 2015 by then President Benigno Aquino III.

The proclamation also stresses the commemoration during the same month of Francisco “Balagtas” Baltazar Day and the birth and death anniversaries of literary pillars like Emilio Jacinto, Paciano Rizal, Nick Joaquin, Edith Tiempo and Bienvenido Lumbera.

The National Commission for Culture and the Arts and Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino are tasked as the lead agencies in charge of celebrating National Literature Month. —Marielle Medina