Jose Garcia Villa
- 1st Filipino writer in English to be declared a National Artist (1973)
- 1st Filipino English-language poet of the Philippines
- 1st Filipino to publish the first volume of Filipino poetry in the United States, Have Come, Am Here (1942)
- 1st Filipino to publish a collection of short stories in the U.S., Philippine Short Stories: Best 25 Short Stories of 1928 (1929)
- Founder of Clay, a literary magazine in the University of New Mexico
- Philippine National Artist in Literature (1973)
QUOTE
“A poem must not explicitly state meaning. The reader is supposed to sense it out, feel it.”
ALIAS
"Doveglion"
DATE OF BIRTH
August 5, 1908
BIRTHPLACE
Singalong, Manila, Philippines
FATHER: Simeon Villa
MOTHER: Guia Garcia
WIFE:
CHILDREN: Randy and Lance
YEAR OF DEATH
February 7, 1997
USEFUL LINKS
Cultural Heritage: José García Villa
Jose Garcia Villa: National Artist for Literature
Jose Garcia Villa: Philippines Writer
José García Villa (1908 - 1997)
Asian/American Modernisms: José Garcia Villa’s Transnational Poetics
Jose Garcia Villa and Carlos Bulosan
The Filipino, Standing Proud In Any Land
Villa, José Garcia Criticism and Essays
Interview with Jose Garcia Villa
