Bienvenido n. santos biography

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Bienvenido N. Santos was born in Tondo, Manila, on March 22, 1911.

When Santos started school, the Philippines was already a colony of the United States and instruction was in English.

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In his early attempts at creative writing, Santos developed an ear for three kinds of communication: Pampango in the songs his mother sang at home; English in the poems and stories his teacher read at school; and Tagalog in the street life of the Tondo slums.

Santos left for America in September 1941 as a pensionado (scholar) of the Philippine Commonwealth government.

Thirty years old and an established short story writer in English at home, he enrolled at the University of Illinois in the master's program in English. When war broke out in December, he found hBienvenido N. Santos was born Bienvenido Santos Biography - Infoplease XONOB