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Fernando María Guerrero (1873-1929) is one of the most outstanding Filipino poet, journalist, politician, lawyer, polyglot and educator during the Philippine's golden era of Spanish literature, a period ranging from 1890 to the outbreak of World War II.

Guerrero wrote during the years 1898 to 1900. As a lawyer-educator he taught natural law, criminology and forensic oratory. He served as chairman of the board of examiners at the law school La Jurisprudencia. He was a Manila councilor, Secretary of the Senate and Secretary of the Philippine Independence Commission. He was also a director of the Academia de Leyes. Apart from Spanish, Guerrero spoke Latin and Greek. He was once an editor of El Renacimiento, La Vanguardia and La Opinion. He was a member of the First Philippine Assembly, the Academia Filipina and also became an appointee to the Municipal Board of Manila.

He was also a correspondent to the association Real Española de Madrid. His book of Spanish poems, Crisalidas, was published in 1914, which was considered as one of the ten best books written about the Philippines

Fernando María Guerrero

Si Fernando María Guerrero (1873-1929) ay isa sa pinakamagiting na mga Pilipinongmakata, tagapamahayag, politiko, abogado, poliglota at guro sa ginintuang panahon ng panitikang Kastila sa Pilipinas, isang panahong mula 1890 magpahanggang sa pagsabog ng Ikalawang Digmaang Pandaigdig.[1]

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Nagsulat si Guerrero noong mga taon ng 1898 hanggang 1900. Bilang abogado at guro, nagturo siya ng abogasya (natural law), kriminolohiya at oratoryong forensik (forensic oratory). Nagsilbi siya bilang tagapamahala (chairman) ng lupon ng mga tagapagsubok (board of examiners) sa paaralan ng abogasyang La Jurisprudencia. Naging konsehal siya ng Maynila, Sekretaryo ng Senado at Sekretaryo ng Komisyon sa Kalayaan ng Pilipinas. Naging direktor din siya ng Academia de Leyes (Akademya ng mga Batas). Bukod sa wikang Kastila, nakapagsasalita rin si Guerrero ng Latin at Griyego. Minsan siyang naging editor ng El Renacimiento, La Vanguardia at La Opinion (Ang Opinyon). Naging miyembro siya ng Unang Asemblea n


A man so gifted in writing was Fernando Ma. Guerrero, son of highly educated parents: Lorenzo Guerrero, a notable painter and art teacher, and Clemencia Ramirez.

He showed signs of a genius in his youth with facility for language. His father hired for him a private tutor for home education. He pursued and obtained the Bachelor of Arts degree from the Ateneo Municipal, and the Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Santo Tomas.

He joined the staff of La Independencia, a revolutionary periodical, and wrote incisive articles and editorials in beautiful Spanish – making it the most dynamic and influential Newspaper. He was appointed secretary of the Supreme Court by General Antonio Luna. He wrote for La  Patria and established his own paper, La Fraternidad. At El Renacimiento he was made City Editor, then later Chief Editor. Through the sheer power of his editorials this paper became outstanding.

His love for literature knew no bounds. He must have had storms of ideas swirling in his fertile mind. He wrote both prose and poetry; his favorite theme was “eternal sadness

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