Quote of the day
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose —
Anything goes.
Jose Garcia Villa
Born: August 5, 1908
Died: February 7, 1997 (aged 88)
Bio: Jose Garcia Villa was a Filipino poet, literary critic, short story writer, and painter. He was awarded the National Artist of the Philippines title for literature in 1973, as well as the Guggenheim Fellowship in creative writing by Conrad Aiken.
Known for:
- The anchored angel
- Doveglion
- Charlie Chan Is Dead (1993)
- Appasionata: Poems in Praise of Love (1979)
- Selected Poems and New (1958)