Candido's Apoccalypse *Book Report*

>>>Author's Profile:

Nick Joaquin

was a Filipino writer, historian and journalist, best known for his short stories and novels in the English language. He

also wrote using the pen name Quijano de Manila. Joaquin was conferred the rank and title of National Artist of the

Philippines for Literature.

He is considered most important Filipino writer in English, and the third most important overall, after José Rizal and

Claro M. Recto.

*Name: Nicomedes Marquez Joaquin

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

*Life:

Joaquín was born in Paco, Manila, one of ten children of Leocadio Joaquín, a colonel under General Emilio Aguinaldo

in the 1896 Revolution, and Salome Márquez, a teacher of English and Spanish. After being read poems and stories

by his mother, the boy Joaquín read widely in his father's library and at the National Library of the Philippines. By then,

his father had become a successful lawyer after the revolution. From reading, Joaquín became interested in writing.

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. It was accepted by the writer and editor Serafín Lanot. After Joaquín won a nationwide

essay competition to honor La Naval de Manila, sponsored by the Dominican Order, the University of Santo Tomas

awarded him an honorary Associate in Arts (A.A.). They also awarded him a scholarship to St. Albert's Convent, the

Dominican monastery in Hong Kong.

*Contribution to literature

Joaquín deeply admired José Rizal, the national hero...