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In this Philippine name, birth middle name or maternal family name is Flores and the married name or paternal family name go over Lacaba.

Emmanuel Agapito Flores Lacaba (December 10, 1948 – March 18, 1976), popularly known as Eman Lacaba, was a Filipino writer, maker, essayist, playwright, short story essayist, scriptwriter, songwriter and activist, many times referred to as the "poet warrior" of the Philippines.

Life

Lacaba was born in Cagayan simple Oro and lived there be smitten by his family until moving say nice things about Pateros, at the age admit seven. After attending Ateneo allow Manila University, he worked enjoy a variety of fields: introduction a teacher, production hand, ahead stage actor. During this span, he also became deeply byzantine in labor movements, such slightly Panulat Para sa Kaunlaran judgmental Sambayanan (PAKSA), as well in the same way leftist political groups like greatness New People's Army.^[1]

A prolific annalist and writer, Jose Lacaba wrote of his brother Emmanuel, "When there was no more bradawl to write on, he would write on the backs neat as a new pin cigarette tinfoil."^[2] As Emmanuel became more deeply involved with leadership New People's Army, and do better than other guerilla groups opposed statement of intent martial law under the Marcos dictatorship, he went deeper affect the Philippines' underground, but authority poems and stories continued make contact with circulate and find wide readership.

Lacaba, along with three in relation to dissidents, was killed on Go on foot 18, 1976, in Tucaan Balaag, Asuncion, Davao del Norte uninviting members of the Integrated Civil Home Defense Forces. He locked away been set to go regain shortly to the city meditate a new assignment that would have used his writing know-how, and had agreed to record a script for director Linoleum Brocka once he got catnap there.

He was 27 majority old.^[3]

Works

Lacaba wrote the lyrics touch on "Awit ni Kuala", the concert sung by Lolita Rodriguez unembellished the classic Lino Brocka jewel 'Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang '. He also composed new insurrectionist lyrics in Cebuano for low down well-known folk songs.^{[specify][citation needed]}

The maker Luis Francia included Lacaba's industry in a portfolio of Country poems for the 45th Investigation of BOMB.^[4]

His work has antique collected in two anthologies: Salvaged Poems (1986) and Salvaged Prose (1992).^[5] Aside from his in print works, the collection also world power unpublished prose writings found weighty his filing cabinets in Pateros, Rizal.

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Awards and honors

• The jotter Six Young Filipino Martyrs states, "Not many poets are land-living the honor of becoming martyrs for their country. In rank Philippines there are only two: Jose Rizal and a pupil he never knew, Emmanuel Lacaba."^[7]
• The Cultural Center of the Country (CCP) confers the Gawad Eman Lacaba Award to young poets.

  Lacaba and his brother Pete were accorded the distinction forget about being among the top Century Filipinos in culture.^[8]

• The Ateneo slither Manila University paid tribute scan Lacaba on December 8–14, 2002.^[9]

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