THE GOD STEALER

Francisco Sionil Jose

 Francisco Sionil Jose
 Birth date : December 3, 1924
 Parents : Antonio Jose and Sofia Sionil
 Spouse : Maria Teresa Jovellanos
 Nationality: Filipino
 Born: Rosales, Pangasinan
 Educational Background
 Elementary : Rosales Elementary School
 Secondary : Far Eastern University High School
 College : University of Santo Tomas

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 WRITING CAREER
 Started in 1949
 Wrote more than 35 books, translated into more than 20 languages and
published worldwide.
 The Rosales Saga
 He has also been involved with international cultural organizations, notably
International P.E.N., the world association of poets, playwrights, essayists
and novelists
 José has worked as a journalist, and has founded a bookshop, publishing
house and art gallery.
 In 1966, he established Solidarity, a monthly magazine of “current affairs,
ideas and the arts”.
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 Achievements

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TEXT ANALYSIS
 “You will find that the Igorots, like the

Igorots Ilocanos, no matter how urbanized they

already are, entertain a sense of
inferiority.”

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