Hermenegildo Cruz | |
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 Earlier cover ofKun Sino ang Kumatha nang "Florante", by Hermenegildo Cruz (1906), with inset photo of Cruz. | |
| Born | (1880-12-31)December 31, 1880 |
| Died | March 21, 1943(1943-03-21) (aged 62)[1][2] |
| Occupations | Writer, trade union organizer, assemblyman, bureaucrat |
| Notable work | Kung Sino ang Kumatha ng "Florante" |
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Hermenegildo Cruz (1880–1943) was aFilipino writer and prominent trade union organizer.
Cruz grew up from a poor family inBinondo, Manila. He was a founding member of various and the earliesttrade union organizations in the Philippines, notably ofUnión Obrera Democrática Filipina,Unión de Impresores de Filipinas, andCongreso Obrero de Filipinas. He became a member of thePhilippine Assembly and was assistant director of theBureau of Labor from 1918 to 1922, and eventually its director from 1922 to 1935. Following his retirement in 1935, he served as technical adviser on labor matters to PresidentManuel L. Quezon.[2]
A notable literary work of his isKun Sino ang Kumathâ ng̃ "Florante" [sic] (English:lit. 'On Who Authored 'Florante'?'), published in 1906, which is cited as "the first attempt to explainFrancisco Balagtas by dealing with the poet's biography and the historical context of the poem".[3] Another work,Kartilyang Makabayan: Mga Tanong at Sagot Ukol Kay Andrés Bonifacio at sa KKK, is a biography ofAndrés Bonifacio, the father of thePhilippine Revolution and thesecret society he founded, theKatipunan.[4]
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