AMADO V.

HERNANDEZ
Amado Vera Hernandez, commonly known as Amado V.
Hernandez (September 13, 1903 – March 24, 1970), was a 
Filipino writer and labor leader who was known for his
criticism of social injustices in the Philippines and was later
imprisoned for his involvement in the communist
 movement. He was the central figure in a landmark legal
case that took 13 years to settle. He was born in 
Tondo, Manila, to parents from Hagonoy, Bulacan. He
grew up and studied at the Gagalangin, Tondo, the Manila
High School and at the American Correspondence School.
While still a teenager, he began writing in Tagalog for the
newspaper Watawat (Flag). He would later write a column for the
Tagalog publication Pagkakaisa (Unity) and become editor
of Mabuhay (Long Live).
His writings gained the attention of Tagalog literati and some of his
stories and poems were included in anthologies, such as 
Clodualdo del Mundo's Parolang Ginto and Alejandro Abadilla
's Talaang Bughaw.
In 1922, at the age of 19, Hernandez became a member of the literary
society Aklatang Bayan which included noted Tagalog writers 
Lope K. Santos and Jose Corazon de Jesus.
In 1932, he married the Filipino actress Atang de la Rama. Both of them
would later be recognized as National Artists: Hernandez for Literature,
de la Rama for Theater, Dance and Music.
Ang Uod 

Sa lagas na dahong nasabit sa tinik

sumilang ang isang uod na maliit,
ang pinakaduya’y supot na manipis,
na uugoy-ugoy sa hanging malamig
sa bahay na yaong ulila’t mapait,
ang uod na munti’y natutuong magtiis.

Sa buntung-hininga ng katag-arawan,
ang dahong may sapot ay biglang nabuksan;
ang kawawang uod, ng aking matanaw,
ay wala ni mata, ni bibig, ni kamay
ang mahina’t malambot na kanyang katawan
at pausad-usad lamang kung gumalaw.
Mula sa ibaba ng punong mataas,
siya’y gumagapang, marahan, paakyat;
kung minsa’y halos ay malaglag;
nuni’t ang umaga, noong namumukadkad;
siya’y nasa ubod ng isang bulaklak.

Ang tao’y tila uod ding maliit,

sumilang sa isang ulilang daigdig;
kahit walang pakpak, kahit walang bagwis,
kanyang mararating kahit himpapawid
kung siya’y marunong gumawa’t magtiis…
walang karagatang hindi matatawid! 
Anthony Eboña Angelina Lacap John kenneth Reyes

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