Alberto s florentino autobiography definition

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

Linda Ty-Casper (writer): “Bert used to come to the house in the UP Diliman, Area 17 and he and Len (Leonard Casper) attended literary activities then.

One of those times, he found out I had written some short stories and he offered to publish it as part of his Peso Book Series.

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That's my first book, The Transparent Sun and Other Stories. Later, he published my second collection of short stories, The Secret Runner and Other Stories.

“I didn't consider myself a serious writer, but Bert did apparently. And his confidence helped me start writing longer works. From time to time, when we visited home, we would run into Bert and renew our friendship.

“Len and he also corresponded.

Bert sent news, parts of his work in progress so that there would be copies should he lose his originals. We had them in the old square diskettes.

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In addition, he also sent pictures of his granddaughters, stories about them. He was a proud grandfather.

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

Linda Nietes Little (bookseller): “When Martial Law was declared in , I decided to resign from my job as Operations Manager of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith, Inc.

in Manila which was also our Regional Office in Asia. Friends thought that I was crazy to resign from such a great job. The question that kept coming back to me was, “What do you do when your country is in crisis?” My sense of nationalism won and I chose to open a Filipiniana bookshop at a time when martial law had imposed strict restrictions on press censorship.

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Another wrong move, according to friends. But I went ahead with my plans, to provide a home for books of friends who were brave enough to write during the time.

Bert Florentino, who was a celebrated author and playwright, became a mentor, together with the late Mars Sanchez, owner of MCS Enterprises, who was the doyen of Filipiniana book lovers at that time!

… Thank you, Bert for helping me follow a literary path. Enjoy the Peace that only our Lord can give!”

Luis Francia (writer): “When Bert and Eva were living in New York, they were very much a part of the Fil-Am literary scene. We once had a writers' organization called Filipino-American Writers of North America (FAWNA), I think it was in the early s.

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Among its members were Bert, myself, Ninotchka Rosca, Linda Faigao-Hall, Angel Grey Domingo (+), Ramon Hodel (+), and I am sure there were a few others whose names escape me now. 

“It was short-lived. Organizing writers is like herding cats. But we did a few readings, the biggest one was at the St.

Marks Poetry Project, held at the well-known St Marks Church in the East Village.

“His daughter Leila then was an aspiring singer and actress, and eventually landed the lead role on ‘Miss Saigon,’ on Broadway. I used her in a short film I made, Flip's Adventures in Wonderland. 

“I knew of Bert, from the Peso Books.

I remember him in person as always in good humor and bubbling with literary projects. We had some fun times together back then. 

“Adios, Kasamang Bert!”