Amador T. Daguio was a Filipino poet, novelist and teacher born in 1912 in Laoag, Ilocos Norte. He grew up in Lubuagan, Mountain Province where his father worked as an officer in the Philippine Constabulary. He came from a family with his mother, father, and siblings. Daguio received education from Lubuagan Elementary School, Rizal High School, University of the Philippines, and Stanford University. He was known for his fictional works and poems such as "Wedding Dance", "Flaming Lyre", and "Man of Earth". Daguio passed away in 1966 and his tombstone features his poem "Hymn to Death".
Amador T. Daguio was a Filipino poet, novelist and teacher born in 1912 in Laoag, Ilocos Norte. He grew up in Lubuagan, Mountain Province where his father worked as an officer in the Philippine Constabulary. He came from a family with his mother, father, and siblings. Daguio received education from Lubuagan Elementary School, Rizal High School, University of the Philippines, and Stanford University. He was known for his fictional works and poems such as "Wedding Dance", "Flaming Lyre", and "Man of Earth". Daguio passed away in 1966 and his tombstone features his poem "Hymn to Death".
Amador T. Daguio was a Filipino poet, novelist and teacher born in 1912 in Laoag, Ilocos Norte. He grew up in Lubuagan, Mountain Province where his father worked as an officer in the Philippine Constabulary. He came from a family with his mother, father, and siblings. Daguio received education from Lubuagan Elementary School, Rizal High School, University of the Philippines, and Stanford University. He was known for his fictional works and poems such as "Wedding Dance", "Flaming Lyre", and "Man of Earth". Daguio passed away in 1966 and his tombstone features his poem "Hymn to Death".
A poet, novelist and teacher during the pre-war. He was best known for his fictions and poems. He was born January 8, 1912 in Laoag, Ilocos Norte, but grew up in Lubuagan, Mountain Province, where his father, an officer in the Philippine Constabulary, was assigned. Family Background
Mother: Magdalena Taguinod Daguio
Father: Sixto Daguio Siblings: Saturnino Daguio Gerardo Daguio Pepe Daguio Wife: Estela Fermin Daguio Children: Danny Daguio Jenny Rose Daguio Francis Rey Daguio Malinda Brigitte Bildung Elementary: Lubuagan Elementary School (Valedictorian) Highschool: Rizal High School (in Pasig) College: University of the Philippines Stanford University Romualdez Law School (Leyte) Scholarships: Fullbright Scholar (Philippine Government Scholarship) at Stanford University Writings 1. Wedding Dance Awiyao and Lumnay were husband and wife for seven years, but now the husband has to marry another woman, Madulimay, because Lumnay was not able to give him a child. (In their culture in the mountains during those times, having a child to follow after the husbands name was a must.) 2. Flaming Lyre The Flaming Lyre is a poem written by Amador Daguio when he first started writing poems. Though this was written when he was still a student, it was published so many years later, following the advice he got from his mentor, the Australian professor at UP, Tom Inglis Moore. Though a short poem of 5 stanzas, The Flaming Lyre is very much applicable to the day by day life of every human being. 3. Man of Earth Amador Daguio's poem, "Man of Earth" compares the Filipino to the bamboo "tree". The poem alludes to the legend of the first Filipinos and to the flexibility of the Filipino. 4. Hymn to Death After giving a very descriptive ode to death, he ends the stanza with the prophetic line, Ill someday give my youth to die under a shining April sky. On his tomb at the Manila Memorial Park is written this poem.