Jose Garcia Villa

GPTKB entity

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Artist
gptkb:Writer
gptkb:poet
gptkbp:awards National Artist of Literature
gptkbp:birth_date August 5, 1908
gptkbp:born_in gptkb:Manila
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:Greenwood_Cemetery
gptkbp:contribution advocating for Filipino writers
promoting modernist poetry in the Philippines
gptkbp:death_date February 7, 1997
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_the_Philippines
gptkbp:famous_for his essays on literature
his unique style of poetry
his role in the Philippine literary scene
gptkbp:famous_quote " Poetry is the language of the soul."
" Art is the expression of the human spirit."
" To be a poet is to be a lover of life."
" The poet is a man who is not afraid to be himself."
" I am a poet, and I am a poet because I am a Filipino."
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Jose Garcia Villa
gptkbp:influenced Filipino literature
poets in the Philippines
writers in the United States
gptkbp:influenced_by American literature
gptkbp:known_for free verse poetry
innovative use of punctuation
gptkbp:literary_movement gptkb:Modernism
gptkb:Postmodernism
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Filipino
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:Footnote_to_Youth
The Anchored Angel
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:art_critics
gptkb:short_stories
gptkb:poet
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:published_in gptkb:The_New_Yorker
gptkb:The_Saturday_Evening_Post
gptkb:Harper's_Magazine
The Philippine Review
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mildred_Garcia_Villa
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Legion_of_Super-Heroes
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4