Salvaged Prose

by Emmanuel F. Lacaba

English, Tagalog

217 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

About the author

Popularly known as Eman Lacaba, was a Filipino writer, poet, essayist, playwright, fictionist, scriptwriter, songwriter and activist and he is considered as the only poet warrior of the Philippines.

Lacaba wrote the lyrics of "Awit ni Kuala", the song sung by Lolita Rodriguez in the classic Lino Brocka masterpiece 'Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang '. He also composed new revolutionary lyrics in Cebuano for some well-known folk songs.

Lacaba was killed on March 18, 1976 in Tucaan Balaag, Asuncion, Davao de Norte he was set to go back shortly to the city for a new assignment that would have used his writing skills, and had even agreed to write a script for Lino Brocka once he got back there. He was 27 years old.