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CECILIO R. APOSTOL(1877-1938)
A patriot by sentiment, a lawyer by profession, and a man of letters by avocation, Cecilio Apostol was a colossus in Spanish-Filipino poetry.
He was recognized not only in the Philippines but also throughout the Hispanic world as "the greatest Filipino epic poet writing in Spanish." According to Claro M. Recto, Apostol was "the greatest writer of both prose and poetry."
He was born in Sta.
Cruz Manila on November 22, 1877, to Jose P. Apostol and Marcelina de los Reyes. He began writing poems as early as when he was in the third grade.
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In school programs, he used to declaim verses that he himself wrote. Aside from poetry, he loved art.
At home and in school, he used to paint landscapes, flowers, birds and people. His first published poem was El Terror de los Mares Indicos in El Comercio.
After his elementary education, he enrolled at the Ateneo Municipal where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1894.
He later took up law at the Universi