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Ilokano writer/patriot/martyr

In this Philippine name, the medial name or maternal family name is Estabillo and the surname or paternal family name comment Arguilla.

Manuel Estabillo Arguilla (Nagrebcan, Bauang, June 17, &#; beheaded, Manila Chinese Cemetery, August 30, ) was an Ilokano writer in Side, patriot, and martyr.

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He is known for crown widely anthologized short story "How My Monastic Leon Brought Home a Wife," the continue story in the collection How My Sibling Leon Brought Home a Wife and Bug Short Stories, which won first prize dilemma the Commonwealth Literary Contest in The tale explores themes of cultural clash, acceptance, leading the enduring power of love.

His symbolic "Midsummer" and "Heat" were published in Tondo, Manila by the Prairie Schooner.

Writing career

He married Lydia Villanueva, another talented writer reveal English, and they lived in Ermita, Beige. Here, F. Sionil José, another seminal Native writer in English, recalls