Hermenegildo Cruz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hermenegildo Cruz

Date of Birth: 31-Dec-1880

Place of Birth: Binondo, Luzon, Philippines

Date of Death: 21-Mar-1943

Profession: writer

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Hermenegildo Cruz was a Filipino writer and trade union organizer.
He was a founding member of Unión Obrera Democrática Filipina and a member of the Philippine Assembly.
He became Director of the Bureau of Labor in 1924.A notable work of his is Kun Sino ang Kumathâ ng~ "Florante" [sic] (English: "On Who Authored 'Florante'"), published in 1906, which is cited as "the first attempt to explain Balagtas by dealing with the poet's biography and the historical context of the poem".
Another work, Kartilyang Makabayan: Mga Tanong at Sagot Ukol Kay Andrés Bonifacio at sa KKK, is a biography of Andrés Bonifacio, the father of the Philippine Revolution and the secret society he founded, the Katipunan.