Francisco Arcellana

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Francisco "Franz" Arcellana (September 6,

1916 – August 1, 2002) was a Filipino
writer, poet, essayist, critic, journalist and
teacher. He was born on September 6,
1916. Arcellana already had ambitions of
becoming a writer early in his childhood.
His actual writing, however, started when
he became a member of The Torres Torch
Organization during his high school years.
Arcellana continued writing in various
school papers at the University of the
Philippines Diliman. Later on he received a
Rockefeller Grant and became a fellow in
Creative Writing at the University of Iowa
and at the Breadloaf Writers' Conference
from 1956– 1957.[2][3]

He is considered an important progenitor

of the modern Filipino short story in
English. Arcellana pioneered the
development of the short story as a lyrical
prose-poetic form within Filipino literature.
His works are now often taught in tertiary-
level syllabi in the Philippines. Many of his
works were
Francisco
translated into
Arcellana
Tagalog, Malaysian,
Born Francisco
Russian, Italian, and Arcellana[1]
German. Arcellana
September
won 2nd place in
6, 1916
the 1951 Don Carlos
Palanca Memorial Manila,
Philippine
Awards for Islands
Literature, with his
Died August 1,
short story, The
2002
Flowers of May. (aged 85)
Fourteen of his
Quezon
short stories were
City,
also included in Philippines
Jose Garcia Villa's Notable
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1928 to 1939. His

major achievements National
included the first Artist of
the
award in art
criticism from the Art Association of the
Philippines in 1954, the Patnubay ng
Sining at Kalinangan award from the city
government of Manila in 1981, and the
Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas
for English fiction from the Unyon ng mga
Manunulat sa Pilipino (UMPIL) in 1988.

The University of the Philippines conferred

upon Arcellana a doctorate in humane
letters, honoris causa in 1989. Francisco
Arcellana was proclaimed National Artist
of the Philippines in Literature on June 23,
1990 by then Philippine President Corazon
C. Aquino.[4]

In 2009, or seven years after his death, his

family came out with a book to pay tribute
to National Artist for Literature Arcellana.
The book entitled Franz is a collection of
essays gathered by the Arcellana family
from colleagues, friends, students and
family members, including fellow National
Artist Nick Joaquin, Butch Dalisay, Recah
Trinidad, Jing Hidalgo, Gemino Abad,
Romina Gonzalez, Edwin Cordevilla, Divina
Aromin, Doreen Yu, Danton Remoto, Jose
Esteban Arcellana and others.[5]

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Arcellana is buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.

Arcellana died in 2002. As a National

Artist, he received a state funeral at the
Libingan ng mga Bayani.

His grandson Liam Hertzsprung

performed a piano concert in 2006
dedicated to him.

Arcellana's published books include:

 Selected Stories (1962)
Poetry and Politics: The State of Original
Writing in English in the Philippines
Today (1977)
The Francisco Arcellana Sampler (1990).

References
1. Morales, Natalia M.L.M. A Haiku for
Sir Franz , In Memorilmam: Franz
Arcellana grande, Philippine Daily
Inquirer, August 13, 2002,
www.tinig.net
2. http://www.globalpinoy.com/gp.topics
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3. http://www.philstar.com/headlines/17
0509/national-artist-arcellana-85
4. "Archived copy" . Archived from the
original on July 26, 2014. Retrieved
May 1, 2014.
5. http://www.philstar.com/arts-and-
culture/517127/regarding-franz-
launch

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