VENERATION WITHOUT

UNDERSTANING

RENATO CONTANTINO
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Born on March 10, 1919 in Manila

Died on September 15, 1999 in Quezon City
PARENTS: Amador Constantino and Francisca Reyes
His wife was Letizia Roxas and had 2 children
EDUCATION:
Elementary: Bonifacio Elementary School, Manila
Secondary: Arellano High School, Manila
College: University of the Philippines
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Learned about
patriotism from his
grandmother
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he was president of his third- and

fourth-year high school class
an orator and debater.
became the youngest editor of the
Philippine Collegian, a student paper
of the University of the Philippines
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He once wrote a
Collegian editorial
criticizing President
Quezon and Quezon
himself had gone to UP
to deliver a speech in
reaction to the said
editorial
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During the Filipino-Japanese war,

Renato fought in Bataan and
later was member of an
intelligence team monitoring
Japanese military movements
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Teacher in various universities

Far Eastern University
Adamson University
Arellano University
University on the Philippines

Visiting lecturer in universities in:

London
Sweden
Japan
Germany
Malaysia
Thailand
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Prolific writer of 1945 and wrote for 5 decades

Known as Ka Tato
Wrote columns for newspapers
He wrote 30 books
Well-known books include
a two-volume history of the Philippines, titled A
Past Revisited and The Continuing Past
biography of fellow nationalist Claro M. Recto
titled The Making of a Filipino
Some of his books have been translated into
Japanese and The Nationalist Alternative into
Malaysian.
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Renato suffered often for his nationalist,

democratic, anti-colonial and anti-
imperialist writings.
He lost important posts or job
opportunities
His most widely-read essay, The Mis-
education of the Filipino, had to wait five
years before it saw print.
The Marcos Watch, released just weeks
before Marcos declared martial law, was a
collection of his newspaper columns that
were often critical of Ferdinand and
Imelda Marcos.
After martial law was installed, Renato
was arrested and placed under house
arrest for several months, and banned
from traveling abroad for many years.