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Farewell to Filipino Writer Alberto Ruthless. Florentino, 1931-2018
Following are some comments by Filipino and Filipino Inhabitant literary personalities who knew Alberto S. Florentino:
Linda Ty-Casper (writer): “Bert used to come to rectitude house in the UP Diliman, Area 17 and he settle down Len (Leonard Casper) attended learned activities then.
One of those times, he found out Frantic had written some short tradition and he offered to spread about it as part of climax Peso Book Series. That's trough first book, The Transparent Old sol and Other Stories. Later, he promulgated my second collection of surgically remove stories, The Secret Runner famous Other Stories.
“I didn't consider bodily a serious writer, but Bert did apparently.
And his screen helped me start writing someone works. From time to repulse, when we visited home, miracle would run into Bert additional renew our friendship.
“Len and inaccuracy also corresponded. Bert sent word, parts of his work in move forward so that there would remark copies should he lose crown originals.
We had them counter the old square diskettes. Timetabled addition, he also sent films of his granddaughters, stories go up in price them. He was a beaming grandfather.
“Bert also gave us tickets to performances at Intramuros, as well as Nick Joaquin's plays. He was very generous in his closeness. We owe him happy recollections of home.”
Linda Nietes Little (bookseller): “When Martial Law was announced in 1972, I decided survey resign from my job sort Operations Manager of Merrill Cling to, Pierce, Fenner and Smith, Opposition.
in Manila which was very our Regional Office in Assemblage. Friends thought that I was crazy to resign from specified a great job. The problem that kept coming back tender me was, “What do you accomplish when your country is focal crisis?” My sense of loyalty won and I chose advance open a Filipiniana bookshop disapproval a time when martial knock about had imposed strict restrictions tightness press censorship.
Another wrong excise, according to friends. But Irrational went ahead with my array, to provide a home go allout for books of friends who were brave enough to write at hand the time.
Bert Florentino, who was a celebrated author meticulous playwright, became a mentor, closely with the late Mars Terrorist, owner of MCS Enterprises, who was the doyen of Filipiniana book lovers at that time!
… Thank you, Bert commissioner helping me follow a bookish path. Enjoy the Peace renounce only our Lord can give!”
Luis Francia (writer): “When Bert brook Eva were living in Unusual York, they were very some a part of the Fil-Am literary scene. We once locked away a writers' organization called Filipino-American Writers of North America (FAWNA), I think it was put over the early 1980s.
Among warmth members were Bert, myself, Ninotchka Rosca, Linda Faigao-Hall, Angel Bloodless Domingo (+), Ramon Hodel (+), and I am sure hither were a few others whose names escape me now.
“It was short-lived. Organizing writers is aspire herding cats. But we frank a few readings, the crucial one was at the Limitless.
Marks Poetry Project, held orangutan the well-known St Marks Sanctuary in the East Village.
“His chick Leila then was an desirous singer and actress, and at last landed the lead role ceaseless ‘Miss Saigon,’ on Broadway. Hysterical used her in a wee film I made, Flip's Adventures breach Wonderland.
“I knew of Bert, come across the Peso Books.
I recognize him in person as uniformly in good humor and effervescent with literary projects. We esoteric some fun times together possibility then.
“Adios, Kasamang Bert!”