Antonio Abad y Mercado was born in Barili, Cebu, under the Captaincy General of the Philippines, on 10 May 1894. He was educated at the Colegio-Seminario de San Carlos in Cebu City. He married Kampampangan teacher Jesusa Henson y Aquino., and had three sons: Gémino, Antonio Jr., and Edmundo.
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Abad frequently wrote in both, his native language, Cebuano, and Spanish. He was a strong advocate of the Spanish language and Hispanic-Filipino culture when it was discouraged during the American colonial period in the Philippines. Abad was one of the leading contributors of Hispanic-Filipino literature during his time, producing novels and plays criticizing the occupation of the islands by the Americans.
Throughout his life he collaborated with numerous newspapers, such as El Precursor, La Revolución, El Espectador, La Vanguardia, El Debate, La Defensa and The Cebu Advertiser.[1] His works would later be known as part of the Golden Age of Fil-Hispanic Literature (1898-1941). Two of his novels went on to win the Premio Zóbel, the oldest literary award in the Philippines, in 1928 and 1929.
Abad taught Spanish at the Far Eastern University. In 1952, he moved to the University of the Philippines Diliman to found the Department of Spanish (now, the Department of European Languages) at the then, College of Liberal Arts. He headed the department until his retirement in 1959. One of his last works, a multilingual dictionary of Spanish, English, Cebuano, Ilocano and Kapampangan, remained unfinished after his death on 20 April 1970.
antonio, abad, this, spanish, name, first, paternal, surname, abad, second, maternal, family, name, mercado, mercado, 1894, april, 1970, prominent, filipino, poet, fictionist, playwright, essayist, born, mercado, 1894, 1894barili, cebu, captaincy, general, phi. In this Spanish name the first or paternal surname is Abad and the second or maternal family name is Mercado Antonio Abad y Mercado May 10 1894 April 20 1970 was a prominent Filipino poet fictionist playwright and essayist Antonio AbadBornAntonio Abad y Mercado 1894 05 10 May 10 1894Barili Cebu Captaincy General of the PhilippinesDiedApril 20 1970 1970 04 20 aged 75 LanguageCebuano SpanishNationalityFilipinoAlma materColegio Seminario de San CarlosNotable awardsPremio Zobel Premio Literario Filipino de la MancomunidadSpouseJesusa HensonChildrenGemino H Abad Antonio H Abad Jr Edmundo H Abad Contents 1 Personal life 2 Career 3 References 4 Bibliography 5 Novels 6 Plays 7 EssaysPersonal life EditAntonio Abad y Mercado was born in Barili Cebu under the Captaincy General of the Philippines on 10 May 1894 He was educated at the Colegio Seminario de San Carlos in Cebu City He married Kampampangan teacher Jesusa Henson y Aquino and had three sons Gemino Antonio Jr and Edmundo Career EditAbad frequently wrote in both his native language Cebuano and Spanish He was a strong advocate of the Spanish language and Hispanic Filipino culture when it was discouraged during the American colonial period in the Philippines Abad was one of the leading contributors of Hispanic Filipino literature during his time producing novels and plays criticizing the occupation of the islands by the Americans Throughout his life he collaborated with numerous newspapers such as El Precursor La Revolucion El Espectador La Vanguardia El Debate La Defensa and The Cebu Advertiser 1 His works would later be known as part of the Golden Age of Fil Hispanic Literature 1898 1941 Two of his novels went on to win the Premio Zobel the oldest literary award in the Philippines in 1928 and 1929 Abad taught Spanish at the Far Eastern University In 1952 he moved to the University of the Philippines Diliman to found the Department of Spanish now the Department of European Languages at the then College of Liberal Arts He headed the department until his retirement in 1959 One of his last works a multilingual dictionary of Spanish English Cebuano Ilocano and Kapampangan remained unfinished after his death on 20 April 1970 References Edit Ihrie amp Oropesa 2011 p 1 Bibliography EditIhrie Maureen Oropesa Salvador 2011 World Literature in Spanish An Encyclopedia Vol I ABC Clio ISBN 978 0 313 33770 3 Novels EditEl Ultimo Romantico 1928 La Oveja de Nathan 1929 El Campeon 1940 La Vida Secreta de Daniel Espena 1960 Plays EditDagohoy 1940 Philippine Commonwealth Literary Award Essays EditDe la hora Transeunete 1940 Philippine Commonwealth Literary Award nbsp This biographical article about a Philippine writer or poet is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Antonio Abad amp oldid 1180881731, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
