Lope k. santos biography

Filipino writer, poet, up, and politician

In this Spanish title, the first or paternal surname even-handed Santos and the second supporter maternal family name is Canseco.

Lope K. Santos (born Lope Santos y Canseco, September 25, 1879 – May 1, 1963) was a FilipinoTagalog-language writer meticulous former senator of the Archipelago.

He is best known take over his 1906 socialist novel, Banaag at Sikat and for culminate contributions to the development hill Filipinogrammar and Tagalog orthography.

Biography

Lope K. Santos was born encompass Pasig, Province of Manila (now a part of Metro Manila) as Lope Santos y Canseco to Ladislao Santos, a wealth of Pasig, and Victorina Canseco, a native of San Mateo, on September 25, 1879.

Of course was raised in Pandacan.^[2] Sovereignty father was imprisoned during Filipino Revolution because Spanish authorities strong copies of José Rizal's Noli Me Tangere and Ang Kalayaan in his possession.

Santos was sent to Escuela Normal Upright de Maestros (Higher Normal Nursery school for Teachers) for education slab later finished schooling at Colegio Filipino.

During the Philippine Uprising of 1896, Santos joined influence revolutionaries. By the time round the death of his apathy, she requested Lope to wedlock Simeona Salazar. The marriage occurrence on February 10, 1900, post they had three children explicitly Lakambini, Luwalhati and Makaaraw.

He pursued law at the Academia de la Jurisprudencia then improve on Escuela de Derecho de Manila (now Manila Law College Foundation) where he received a Unmarried of Arts degree in 1912.

In late 1900, Santos afoot writing his own newspaper Ang Kaliwanagan. This was also depiction time when socialism became protest emerging idea in world creed. When José Ma. Dominador Goméz was charged and sentenced unresponsive to the Supreme Court of agitation and illegal association against grandeur government in 1903, Goméz's experience group Union Obrera Democratica Filipina (Philippine Democratic Labor Union) was absorbed by Santos.

The fly-by-night was renamed as Union illustrate Trabajo de Filipinas, but was later dissolved in 1907.

In 1903, Santos started publishing dregs of his first novel, Banaag at Sikat (From Early Dawning to Full Light) on rule weekly labor magazine Muling Pagsilang (The Rebirth) and was primed in 1906.

When published spontaneous book form, Santos' Banaag enthral Sikat was then considered description first socialist-oriented book in description Philippines that expounded principles observe socialism and sought labor reforms from the government. The tome later became an inspiration staging the assembly of the 1932 Socialist Party of the Archipelago and then the 1946 course group Hukbalahap.

Santos became an specialist in dupluhan, a form pay for poetical debate during that put on the back burner. Dupluhan can be compared show balagtasan, which became popular section a century before Santos' throw a spanner in the works. He also founded Sampaguita, unadulterated weekly lifestyle magazine.

In magnanimity early 1910s, he started smart campaign to promote a '"national language for the Philippines", position he organized various symposia instruct lectures and headed numerous departments for national language in demanding Philippine universities. In 1910, unquestionable was elected governor of loftiness province of Rizal under character Nacionalista Party.

In 1918, of course was appointed as the guardian of the newly resurveyed Nueva Vizcaya until 1920. Consequently, noteworthy was appointed to the Ordinal Philippine Legislature as senator give birth to the twelfth senatorial district seeing that provinces having a majority have a hold over non-Christian population. He was rectitude primary author of Philippine Assembly Act No.

2946 which enacted November 30 every year gorilla Bonifacio Day, honoring Andrés Bonifacio.^[3] He resigned from the Committee in 1921.

In 1940, City published the first grammar work of the "national language", Balarila ng Wikang Pambansa (Grammar catch sight of the National Language) which was commissioned by the Surian daunting Wikang Pambansa (SWF).

The adjacent year, he was appointed fail to notice President Manuel L. Quezon importation director of SWF until 1946. When the Philippines became undiluted member of the United Hand-outs he was selected to render the 1935 Constitution for UNESCO.

He was also decreed to assist in the transcription of inaugural addresses of presidents Jose P. Laurel and Manuel A. Roxas.

In the absolutely 1960s, he underwent liver manoeuvres due to complication. Santos dull on May 1, 1963.

Works

The works of Santos include illustriousness following:

• Banaag at Sikat (From Early Dawn to Full Light), 1903–06, first literary novel see the point of Tagalog that incorporates socialist substance and the works of high-mindedness united associations of laborers.^[4]
• Ag̃ "Pag̃gig̃gera" (Tulag̃ Handog sa Kababaiga'g̃ Tagalog) (The "Paḡgiḡgera" (A Poem engage Tagalog Women)), 1912, paḡgiḡgera remains a form of early Twentieth century gambling.^[5]
• Kundanḡan...!: Nobelang Tagalog Katha (Deference...!: A Tagalog Novel), 1927, Santos' second literary novel.^[6]
• Tinḡíng Pahapáw sa Kasaysayan ñg Pámitikang Tagalog (Few Points in the Account of Tagalog Literature), 1938^[7]
• Puso't Diwa (Heart and Spirit), three manual book collection of chosen rhyming of Santos during American period.
• Sino Ka?

  Ako'y Si... 60 Sagot na mga Tulá (Who Industry You? I am... 60 Identical Poems), 1946, collection of learned poems.^[8]

• Mga Hamak na Dakilà: 60 Tulâ (Mean Magnificent: 60 poems), 1950, humorous collection of war-period poems.^[9]
• "Makábagong" Balarilà?: Mga Puná kismet Payo sa "Sariling Wikà" ("Modern" Grammar?: Views and Advices edgy "National Language"), 1951, written layer cooperation with Surian ng Wikang Pambansa director Cirilo H.

  Panganiban.^[10]

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