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Jose Corazon de Jesus, popularly known as "Batute", was a Filipino poet born in 1896 in Manila. One of his most famous works was "Mga Gintong Dahon" which featured risky themes that were non-traditional for the time like passion, grief, and suicide. As a columnist, he commented on social and political issues of the time and used his poetry to highlight social injustices. He also retold Philippine history under Spanish colonial rule and the coming of the United States in a 443 stanza poem using the awit form

Author
Eros
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