He was unable to pursue the religious vocation that his strictly Catholic family had envisioned to be his future. He was born to a home deeply Catholic, educated and prosperous. ![]() ![]() Nick Joaquin was born in the old district of Paco in Manila, Philippines, on September 15, 1917, the feast day of Saint Nicomedes, a protomartyr of Rome, after whom he took his baptismal name. Living a life wholly devoted to the craft of conjuring a world through words, he was the writer’s writer, and people’s writer as well because of his undying passion to the country. Over six decades and a half, he produced a body of work unmatched in richness and range by any of his contemporaries. Nicomedes Marquez Joaquin, also known as Nick Joaquin, was the greatest Filipino writer of his generation. Source Philippine novelist, poet, playwright, biographer, and essayist writing in English, the National Artist for Literature, Joaquin wrote largely [about the Spanish colonial period and the diverse heritage of the Filipino people.
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