In Literature
Ilustrado, a novel by Miguel Syjuco is a fictional account of a young Filipino investigating the life of his mentor, Crispin Salvador, after the man’s death. The novel presents Salvador as if he were a real-life writer and thinker, and spans 150 years of Philippine history. In 2008 Ilustrado won the second annual Man Asian Literary Prize. Manila-born Syjuco was until recently a copy editor for the Montreal Gazette.
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