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FRANCISCO BALTAZAR
(FRANCISCO BALAGTAS)

Born: April 2, 1788
Died: February 20, 1862

He was born in Bigaa, central Bulacan. Balagtas laboured under strict friar supervision. He expressed his political views through poetry. The friars thought that Florante at Laura, his best known work, was about Christians and Moors duelling in mythical kingdoms to the correct ending. In reality, he depicted the injustices Filipinos suffered in the hands of the Spaniards and the evils that beset them during the Spanish regime. This poem contained ideas from which people of today can deduce morals and is considered one of his best poems. Balagtas is known as the King of Tagalog Poems.

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