A “pop” history for Manilans. In the early 1988, Then Mayor Mel Lopez invited Nick Joaquin to write a popular history of Manila that young Manilans would enjoy. The city’s poet laureate, whose entire body of work sings of manila as Homer sang of Troy and Virgil of Rome, complied with a will. The first edition of this book (1990) was distributed exclusively to the city’s schools. This hardcover gift edition finally brings Joaquin’s celebration of his beloved city to readers throughout the world. About the Author Nick Joaquin is not just a Manilan but a Manileño: he was born in the city’s Paco district in 1917, the son of Leocadio Y. Joaquin, a lawyer: and Salome Marquez, a pioneer teacher of English. He dropped out of high school to work on Manila’s waterfront and read at the National Library. After several odd jobs, he became a proofreader at the Philippines Free Press, which also published some of his finest stories, as well as his reportage under the pen name, Quijano de Manila. To date, Joaquin has over 60 titles to his name-novels, short stories, poetry, plays, essays, reportage and stories for children. Joaquin has won the country’s highest awards in both literature and journalism. He received the Araw ng Maynila Award in 1963 and was named National Artist in 1976. His novel “The Woman Who Had Two Navels” received the Harry Stonehill Literary Award in 1962. In 1996, he was conferred the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Literature, Broadcast and Journalism, which is given to a distinguished Asian writer. Joaquin is currently the Editor of the Philippine Graphic magazine and Publisher of the Women’s Weekly. Copyright 1999 365 pages 9.25 x 6.25 inches Hardbound |
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