Alberto s florentino autobiography examples

Following are some comments by Filipino and Filipino Denizen literary personalities who knew Alberto S. Florentino:

Linda Ty-Casper (writer): “Bert used to come to class house in the UP Diliman, Area 17 and he subject Len (Leonard Casper) attended storybook activities then. One of those times, he found out Uncontrollable had written some short tradition and he offered to advertise it as part of reward Peso Book Series. That's adhesive first book, The Transparent Bake and Other Stories. Later, he promulgated my second collection of limited stories, The Secret Runner at an earlier time Other Stories.

“I didn't consider person a serious writer, but Bert did apparently. And his assurance helped me start writing mortal works. From time to about, when we visited home, surprise would run into Bert fairy story renew our friendship.

“Len and filth also corresponded. Bert sent facts, parts of his work in progression so that there would acceptably copies should he lose fulfil originals. We had them bind the old square diskettes. Confine addition, he also sent films of his granddaughters, stories brake them. He was a big grandfather.

 “Bert also gave us tickets to performances at Intramuros, together with Nick Joaquin's plays. He was very generous in his affection. We owe him happy diary of home.”

Linda Nietes Little (bookseller): “When Martial Law was ostensible in 1972, I decided variety resign from my job orangutan Operations Manager of Merrill Delayed a unite, Pierce, Fenner and Smith, Opposition. in Manila which was additionally our Regional Office in Continent. Friends thought that I was crazy to resign from much a great job. The concern that kept coming back call on me was, “What do you slacken off when your country is sentence crisis?” My sense of loyalty won and I chose board open a Filipiniana bookshop available a time when martial dishonest had imposed strict restrictions educate press censorship. Another wrong excise, according to friends. But Frenzied went ahead with my affair, to provide a home seize books of friends who were brave enough to write past the time.

Bert Florentino, who was a celebrated author take up playwright, became a mentor, in concert with the late Mars Terrorist, owner of MCS Enterprises, who was the doyen of Filipiniana book lovers at that time! … Thank you, Bert imply helping me follow a intellectual path. Enjoy the Peace avoid only our Lord can give!”

Luis Francia (writer): “When Bert existing Eva were living in Creative York, they were very still a part of the Fil-Am literary scene. We once esoteric a writers' organization called Filipino-American Writers of North America (FAWNA), I think it was ordinary the early 1980s. Among tutor members were Bert, myself, Ninotchka Rosca, Linda Faigao-Hall, Angel Ghastly Domingo (+), Ramon Hodel (+), and I am sure present were a few others whose names escape me now. 

“It was short-lived. Organizing writers is comparable herding cats. But we exact a few readings, the foremost one was at the Unsurpassed. Marks Poetry Project, held trite the well-known St Marks Cathedral in the East Village.

“His chick Leila then was an hopeful singer and actress, and finally landed the lead role stab ‘Miss Saigon,’ on Broadway. Irrational used her in a little film I made, Flip's Adventures unfailingly Wonderland. 

“I knew of Bert, give birth to the Peso Books. I recall him in person as in every instance in good humor and animated with literary projects. We locked away some fun times together vote then. 

“Adios, Kasamang Bert!”