Walking with Sionil

The Manila Times 17 h Philippines

SIONIL, or Francisco Sionil Jose, or Frankie, or to the younger ones, Manong, was born in Rosales, Pangasinan, and died at the age of 97, which explains why each time I informed him about the death of writers less than 85 years old, he would always wonder why they died so young. He graduated from Far Eastern University, studied journalism at the University of Santo Tomas and taught at De La Salle

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