Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition):
SEPTEMBER 25, 1879
Lope K. Santos (September 25, 1879 – May 1, 1963), a novelist, poet, labor leader, governor, senator, and the Father of the Philippine National Language and Grammar was born in Pasig.
He finished his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1912 at the Escuela Derecho de Manila (now the Manila Law College Foundation).
He wrote "Balarila ng Wikang Pambansa" which became the basis for the grammar of the Filipino language while his "Banaag at Sikat", the first Tagalog sociological novel, earned him the title “Pillar of Philippine Literature.”
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