Francisco Arcellana was a Filipino writer, poet, essayist, critic, journalist, and teacher who was one of the most important progenitors of Filipino short stories in English. He was born in 1916 in Manila to Jose Cabaneiro Arcellana and Epifania Quino and was the fourth of their 18 children. In 1990, Arcellana was declared the National Artist of the Philippines for Literature in recognition of his significant contributions to Filipino literature through his famous short stories and as one of the pioneers of the craft in the Philippines.
Francisco Arcellana was a Filipino writer, poet, essayist, critic, journalist, and teacher who was one of the most important progenitors of Filipino short stories in English. He was born in 1916 in Manila to Jose Cabaneiro Arcellana and Epifania Quino and was the fourth of their 18 children. In 1990, Arcellana was declared the National Artist of the Philippines for Literature in recognition of his significant contributions to Filipino literature through his famous short stories and as one of the pioneers of the craft in the Philippines.
Francisco Arcellana was a Filipino writer, poet, essayist, critic, journalist, and teacher who was one of the most important progenitors of Filipino short stories in English. He was born in 1916 in Manila to Jose Cabaneiro Arcellana and Epifania Quino and was the fourth of their 18 children. In 1990, Arcellana was declared the National Artist of the Philippines for Literature in recognition of his significant contributions to Filipino literature through his famous short stories and as one of the pioneers of the craft in the Philippines.
Francisco Arcellana was a Filipino writer, poet, essayist, critic, journalist, and teacher who was one of the most important progenitors of Filipino short stories in English. He was born in 1916 in Manila to Jose Cabaneiro Arcellana and Epifania Quino and was the fourth of their 18 children. In 1990, Arcellana was declared the National Artist of the Philippines for Literature in recognition of his significant contributions to Filipino literature through his famous short stories and as one of the pioneers of the craft in the Philippines.
Zacarias Eugene Francisco Quino Arcellana (September 6,
1916 — August 1, 2002) was a writer, poet, essayist, critic, journalist, and teacher and one of the most important progenitors of Filipino short stories in English. In 1990, he was declared National Artist of the Philippines for Literature. Francisco Arcellana was born September 6, 1916 in Sta. Cruz, Manila to parents Jose Cabaneiro Arcellana and Epifania Quino. He was the fourth of the 18 children. Arcellana bloomed early in his craft and prospered from his first schooling in Tondo until he entered the University of the Philippines (UP) as a pre-medical student in 1932. He developed an interest in writing while he was studying at the Manila West High School (now Torres High School) as an active staff of the the school organ The Torres Torch.