Lazaro francisco contribution

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    • Lázaro Francisco

    Filipino novelist

    This article is about the Filipino writer. For the Portuguese marathon runner, see Francisco Lázaro.

    Lázaro Francisco y Angeles, also known as Lazaro A. Francisco (February 22, – June 17, ) was a Filipinonovelist, essayist and playwright. Francisco was posthumously named a National Artist of the Philippines for Literature in [1]

    Biography

    Lazaro Francisco was born on February 22, , to Eulogio Francisco and Clara Angeles, in Orani, Bataan. He spent his childhood years in Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija. He took his college education at the Central Luzon Agricultural College (now Central Luzon State University), but was not able to finish due to poverty.[2] He became a messenger of the Provincial Treasurer's Office of Nueva Ecija.[3] Later on, he took third degree civil service examination where he qualified to become an assessor of the provincial government of Nueva Ecija.[2][4]

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