Nick Joaquin in Retrospect
Excerpt: A man with two birthdays was Nick Joaquin. All sources agree that he was born Nicomedes Joaquin in 1917 in Paco, Manila, and one even gives the time of birth (“around 6:00 am”). But was it on May 4, as his passport indicates, or on September 15, the feast day of St. Nicomedes, that he “emer...
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Archīum Ateneo
2017
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| Online Access: | https://archium.ateneo.edu/paha/vol7/iss2/8 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/paha/article/1245/viewcontent/PAHA_207.2_208_20Features_20__20Chua.pdf |
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| Institution: | Ateneo De Manila University |
| Summary: | Excerpt: A man with two birthdays was Nick Joaquin. All sources agree that he was born Nicomedes Joaquin in 1917 in Paco, Manila, and one even gives the time of birth (“around 6:00 am”). But was it on May 4, as his passport indicates, or on September 15, the feast day of St. Nicomedes, that he “emerged from his mother’s womb . . . [and] made a big howling noise to announce his arrival”? Nick himself played coy, because “he hated having people come around to celebrate his birthday.” |
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