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Jolico Cuadra

ジョリコ・クアドラ

Joriko Kuadora

Aliases: A. Z. Jolicco Cuadra

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1939-05-24 (Zamboanga City)
Died
2013-04-30 (Calamba) age 74
Nationality
Filipino
Languages
English
Residence History
Philippines

Career

Occupations
poet, artist, art critic, essayist, short story writer
Active Years
1960-2013
Affiliations
Manila Chronicle, Manila Bulletin
Influenced By
Lord Byron

Education

Ateneo de Manila University
Country: Philippines
University of the Philippines
Country: Philippines
University of the East
Country: Philippines
Art schools in Barcelona
Country: Spain
École des Beaux-Arts
Country: France
Académie de la Grande Chaumière
Country: France

Awards

Art Critic of the Philippines Award
1967
Organization: Art Association of the Philippines
Result: 受賞
Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature
1978
Result: 受賞
Southeast Asian Writers Award (SEAWRITE Award)
1979
Result: 受賞
Cultural Center honorable mention
1983
Category: poetry
Organization: Cultural Center
Result: 栄誉賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Dogstar

1962 Poetry

A short but powerful poem about the manbird locked in God's bones.

GodPhoenixTime

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Regarded poetry as the highest form of art

Legacy

Known as the 'enfant terrible' of Philippine art in the 1960s and the Byron of Philippine literature. A tribute book of poems was launched after his death.

In Popular Culture

  • Major figure in Philippine poetry in English

Quotes

  • Wing hard, white-stallioned time: The whirlwind sun upride Where no sheerer The crude bird dies. Hanged in the mind's eye, hold Fast—shake out The canines of God The manbird locked in God's bones Him dogstar till the phoenix hour The manbird locked Till the phoenix hour.
    Source: Doveglion (1962)

Trivia

  • Enfant terrible of Philippine art in the 1960s
  • Dubbed the Byron of Philippine literature
  • Held a one-man show 'Paintings in Joyous Light' at Cafe Giorgio in Makati in 1996