Resil Mojares, cultural icon and national artist

The Manila Times 16 h Philippines

IT is hard to imagine Philippine culture without Dr. Resil Mojares, who passed away at the age of 83 last Sept. 5, a day after his birthday. Conferred the National Artist for Literature award in 2018, he is a leading figure in the promotion of regional literature and history. As founding director of the Cebuano Studies Center — an important research institution which placed Cebu in the resea

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