AKO ANG DAIGDIG ni Alejandro G. Abadilla

Alejandro G. Abadilla  Father of Modern Tagalog poetry Photo credit -  Ms. Lorraine Abadilla Ustaris http://akoangdaidigakoangtula.wikispaces.com/                                              Alejandro G. Abadilla (March 10, 1906–August 26, 1969), commonly known as AGA, was a Filipino poet, essayist and fiction writer.He was born to an average Filipino family on March 10, 1906, in Salinas, Rosario, Cavite. He finished elementary school at Sapa Barrio School, then continued for high school education in Cavite City. After graduation, he worked for abroad into a small printing shop in Seattle, Washington. He edited several section of the Philippine Digest, Philippines-American Review and established Kapisanang Balagtas (Balagtas' Organization). In 1934, he returned to the Philippines where he finished AB Philosophy at the University of Santo Tomas. Until 1934, he became municipal councilor of Salinas before shifting to insurance selling job. He had eight children with wife Cristina Zingalava. He died on August 26, 1969. His works influenced Virgilio S. Almario, Pedro I. Ricarte and Rolando S. Tinio. (Wikipedia) To know more of AGA click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_G._Abadilla