Iluminado Lucente, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Iluminado Lucente

Filipino writer

Date of Birth: 14-May-1883

Date of Death: 14-Feb-1960

Profession: playwright

Nationality: Philippines

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Iluminado Lucente (May 14, 1883 - February 14, 1960) was a Filipino writer, primarily writing poetry and drama in the Waray language.
He is considered to be one of the finest writers in the Waray language. Lucente was a member of the Sanghiran san Binisaya ha Samar ug Leyte (Academy of the Visayan Language of Samar and Leyte).
His most famous work is the poem An Iroy Nga Tuna (The Motherland). Lucente was born on May 14, 1883 into a well off family, to Curicoco Lucente and Aurora Garcia, in Palo, Leyte.
His family's status allowed him to be tutored privately, before he attended University in Manila.In 1906, Lucente established the periodical An Kaadlawon ("The Day Break"), becoming responsible for the proliferation of Waray literature in the years to come.Becoming Mayor of Tacloban in 1912, he was elected to congress for Leyte, and later became Secretary to the Governor, then Secretary of the Senate, for Senate president Franciso Enage.He wrote about 30 plays, and was known for both satire using character stereotypes and linguistic humor, which often took the form of plays on language, combining the sounds of Spanish, English and Waray.