R. Zulueta da Costa

Rafael Zulueta da Costa (born 1915-1990[1]) was a Filipino poet. He used the name R. Zulueta da Costa as a writer, and Rafael Zulueta as a businessman.[2]

He was a graduate of De La Salle College (now University) where he specialized in business administration. He began writing poems in Spanish and later he also wrote in English.[3] His most famous work is Like the Molave and Other Poems, which won the Commonwealth Literary Award for Poetry in 1940.[4]

References
  1. José Villa Panganiban; Consuelo Torres- Panganiban (1962). A survey of the literature of the Filipinos. Limbagang Pilipino. p. 265. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
  2. The Mentor book of modern Asian literature from the Khyber Pass to Fuji. New American Library. 1969. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
  3. R. Zulueta da Costa; Lourdes Gatmaitan Bañez (1994). The works of R. Zulueta da Costa: a critical edition. De La Salle University Press. ISBN 971-11-8131-2. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
  4. Cabanilla; J.Q. et.; al. World Literature. Goodwill Trading Co., Inc. p. 206. ISBN 978-971-574-030-2. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
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