Francisco Arcellana

Zacarias Eugene Francisco Quino Arcellana (September 6,

1916 — August 1, 2002) was a writer, poet, essayist, critic, journalist,
and teacher and one of the most important progenitors of Filipino short
stories in English. In 1990, he was declared National Artist of the
Philippines for Literature. Francisco Arcellana was born September 6,
1916 in Sta. Cruz, Manila to parents Jose Cabaneiro Arcellana and
Epifania Quino. He was the fourth of the 18 children. Arcellana bloomed
early in his craft and prospered from his first schooling in Tondo until he
entered the University of the Philippines (UP) as a pre-medical student in
1932. He developed an interest in writing while he was studying at the
Manila West High School (now Torres High School) as an active staff of
the the school organ The Torres Torch.

His famous literary work is