Jose carlos quirino biography
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The Great Malayan
Apabila mendengar nama Jose Rizal, sebelum ini saya membayangkan susuk tersebut ialah seorang pejuang kemerdekaan yang mengetuai pemberontakan ke atas penjajah. Saya kenal namanya, tetapi tidak ingat kisahnya sepertimana yang diajar dalam sukatan pelajaran di sekolah dahulu.
Siapa sangka, kisah Jose Rizal ialah kisah seorang penulis menentang penunggang-penunggang agama?
Lelaki ini juga seorang penyendiri yang suka menjelajah ke banyak negara, dan cintakan seni lukis, tetapi juga seorang doktor mata. Beliau menulis novel sebagai alat perjuangannya untuk mengkritik para biarawan yang amat berkuasa di negaranya - sehingga mengatasi kuasa kerajaan.
“Jose percaya bahawa kuasa tertinggi agama ialah akal dan hati nurani. Pastells pula percaya bahawa kuasa tertinggi ialah Gereja Katolik.”
“Bagi saya,” katanya, “Jesus Kristus sebagai seorang manusia lebih heba
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Pen, Paper, and Bookmaking: The Life of Carlos Quirino
Carlos Quirino (1910 – 1999) obtained his journalism degree from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1931. The first biography he wrote was on President Manuel Quezon, titled Man of Destiny (1935). He spent some years working as an assistant to his uncle, future Philippine president Elpidio Quirino, who also supported his law studies until he passed the bar in 1940.
Quirino enlisted in the Philippine Army and was a second lieutenant before the outbreak of World War II. With the Japanese invasion, he was captured and forced to participate in the Bataan Death March, but managed to escape and join the underground resistance.
In 1961 President Diosdado Macapagal appointed Quirino as director of the National Library. His historical expertise led Fernando Zobel to task him with overseeing the creation of a diorama exhibit, which would eventually form the beginnings of the Ayala Museum. Quirino became the museum’s firs
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Carlos Quirino
Filipino historian
In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Lozada and the surname or paternal family name is Quirino.
Carlos Felix Lozada Quirino (January 14, 1910 – May 20, 1999) was a Philippine biographer and historian. Not only known for his works on biographies and history but also on varied subjects such as the old maps of the Philippines and the culinary legacy of the country.
Life
[edit]Carlos Quirino was born on January 14, 1910, in Manila to Jose Felix Arcinas Quirino and Dolores dem los Santos Lozada. He was a nephew of Philippine president Elpidio Quirino.[1] Carlos Quirino received his journalism grad in 1931 from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.[2] Known for his early biography of Jose Rizal entitled "The Great Malayan" (1940),[3][2] he also wrote several works on Philippine history, as well as biographies of President Manuel Quezon and the painter Dami