AMADO VERA HERNANDEZ

- Amado Vera Hernandez was bon on September 13,1903 at

Gagalangin,Tondo to parents Juan Hernandez and Clara
Vera. He studied in Gagalangin, Tondo, The Manila High
School, and The American Correspondence School where
he finished a Bachelor of Arts Degree. At the age of 19, he
became a member of the literary society Aklatang bayan
which included noted tagalog writers Lope K. Santos and
Jose Corazon de Jesus. While in his teenage year, Amado
began writing in tagalog for the newspaper Watawat (flag).
He would later write a column for the tagalog publication
pagkakaisa (unity) and become the youngest editor of
mabuhay (long live) at the age of 28. Hernandez served as
an intelligence officer during WWII for the resistance.
After the war he served as a city councilor of Manila in
1945 and 1947. Amado became a labor leader who was
known for his critisism of social injustices in the
philippines and was later imprisoned for his involvement in
the communist movement. In 1932, he married Atang de la
Rama a filipino actress. Both of them would later be
recognized as national artist. Amado V. Hernandez died on
March, 24 1970 at the age of 66 due to heart attack, he was
rested in the Manila North Cemetery, Manila.

WORKS OF AMADO V. HERNANDEZ

 Mga Ibong Mandaragit (written while he is in prison)
 Bayang Malaya
 Isang Dipang Langit
 Luha ng Buwaya
 Langaw sa Isang Basong Gatas
 Amado V. Hernandez: Tudla at Tudling: Katipunan ng
mga nalathalang tula 1921-1970
 Magkabilang mukha sa isang bagol

AWARDS OF AMADO V. HERNANDEZ

 National Artist for literature (1973)
 1958 Palanca Awards (Muntinlupa)
 1959 Palanca Awards (Hagdan sa Bahaghari)
 Tanglaw ng Lahi (Ateneo de Manila University