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Loujille D. Pimentel
Rome Andrew Toledo Galano
Jasrel Aquino Rosario
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Aka: Quijano de Manila“
Born:May 4, 1917 (Paco Manila on Calle Herran)
Died: April 29, 2004 (San Juan Metro Manila)
Parents: Atty. Leocadio Y. Joaquin (colonel of
the Philippine Revolution) Salome Marquez
(school teacher)
Educational Background:Elementary: Mapa High
School in Intramuros
Secondary: Mapa High School in Intramuros (up
to 3rd year)
College: St. Albert College in Hong Kong
Filipino novelist, poet,
playwright, essayist,
and biographer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Joaquin
5. CAREERLIFE At age 17, Joaquín had his first piece
published, in the literary section of the pre-World War II
Tribune, where he worked as a proofreader. After
Joaquín won a nationwide essay competition to honor
La Naval de Manila, , After returning to the Philippines,
Joaquín joined the Philippines Free Press, starting as a
proofreader. Soon he attracted notice for his poems,
stories and plays, as well as his journalism under the
pen name Quijano de Manila
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7. •May Day Eve (1947)
•Prose and Poems (1952)
•The House On Zapote Street (1960)
•The Woman Who had Two Navels (1961)
•La Naval de Manila and Other Essays (1964)
•Joseph Estrada and Other Sketches (1977)
•Tropical Gothic (1A Questionof Heroes (1977)
Nora Aunor & Other Profiles (1977)
•Rizal in Saga: A Life for Student Fans (1996)
•ABE: A Frank Sketch of E. Aguilar Cruz (2004)
8. -It tells the story of a Filipino elite woman
who is hallucinating and is preoccupied with
the notion that she has two navels or belly
buttons in order to be treated as an
extraordinary person. This book is a
fictional story of a Filipina woman who
believes she has two navels. It is widely
considered as a classic in Philippine
literature. It is divided into 5 chapters: Paco,
Macho, La Vidal, The Chinese Moon, and
Doctor Monson.
1961 historical novel
9. *His mother used to read poems and stories to him which made
him interested in writing.
*He won a nationwide essay competition to honor La Naval de
Manila, sponsored by the Dominican Order.
*Joaquin was awarded a scholarship to the Dominican monastery
in Hong Kong after publication of his essay "LaNaval de Manila"
(1943).
* Joaquín was fifth of the Ten children of Don
Leocaldio and Salome Gomez.
TRIVIA
10. •Joaquín was conferred the rank and title of National Artist of the
Philippines for Literature.
•The young Joaquín dropped out of school
•Nick himself was a quiet, sensitive man whose inner workings
were known to very few. He was one writer who kept to himself all
the time.
•*His personal library, 3,000 books and his trusty Underwood
typewriter, Joaquin donated to the University of Santo Tomas.
Throughout his life, Joaquin was an eager walker.
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TRIVIA
11. 1. He is a filipino writer whose stories and poems depict Filipino-
Spanish cultural beliefs and traditions?
2. What age Joaquín had his first piece published?
3. Who taught him to become interested in writing?
4. What is the pen name use of Jaaquin ?
5. What date the woman who had Two Navels published?
6. What is the Genre of The Womam Who Had Two Navels?
7. What is the language use in The Womam Who Had Two
Navels?
8-10. What does he want to convey on this quote?
“The identity of the Filipino today is of a person asking what is his
identity.”
13. 1.Nicomedes Joaquín y Márquez
2.At the age of 17.
3.His mother / Salome Marquez.
4.Quijano de Manila
5. (1961)
6. Fictional
7. English
8-10. Answer may vary
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