Francisco Balagtas

1. FRANCISCO BALAGTAS
Francisco Baltazar
Francisco Balagtas y de la Cruz

2. PICTURES OF FRANCISCO

3. BASIC INFORMATION
BIRTH DATE: April 2, 1788
BIRTH PLACE: Bigaa, Bulacan
DIED: February 20, 1862 (Aged 73)
DEATH PLACE: Udyong, Bataan
PARENTS: Juan Balagtas
Juana de la Cruz
ALMA MATER: Colegio de San Jose (now San Jose
Seminary
DEGREES: Crown Law
Humanities
Philosophy
SPOUSE: Juana Tiambeng

4. LIFE AS POET
Jose de la Cruz (Huseng Sisiw)
In 1835, he moved to Pandacan, Manila where
he met Maria Asuncion Rivera.
Mariano Capule- rival of Balagtas
First imprisonment- because of Capule
In 1840, he moved to Balanga, Bataan.

5. LIFE AS POET
He married Juana Tiambeng on July 22, 1842
Second imprisonment
After his release on1860, he continued using his
skills by translating Spanish documents.

6. WORKS OF FRANCISCO
Orosman at Zafira (1860)
Don Nuño at Selinda
Auredato at Astrome
Clara Belmori
Abdol at Misereanan

7. WORKS OF FRANCISCO
Rodolfo at rosemonda
Mahomet at Constanza
Claus
Almanzor at Rosalina
La India Elegante el Negrito Amante

8. WORKS OF FRANCISCO
Hatol Hari Kaya
Parangal sa Isang Binibining Ikakasal
Paalam sa Iyo
Pagpupuri kay Isabel II, Reyna sa España
Florante at Laura

9. A SHORT ANALYSIS OF HIS
MASTERPIECE
Considered as an awit, or long narrative poem.
The genre consists of fantastic or chivalric-heroic
themes written in rhyming quatrains running to
hundreds or thousands lines.
The protagonist is Florante, son of the second in
command of the Kingdom of Albania.
Laura is the daughter of King Linceus, inspired by
Rivera, Baltazar’s former muse.

10. LEGACY
Barangay Balagtas, Bulacan
Balagtasan
Plaza Balagtas in Pandacan
Balagtas Day in Orion Bataan every 2nd day
of April
Himno de San Miguel or Pagpupuri kay San
Miguel

11. WEB REFERENCES
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Balagtas
http://tl.wikibooks.org/wiki/Usapan:Ang_buhay_ni_f
rancisco_baltazar_balagtas
http://kilalang-
pilipino.blogspot.com/2014/02/talambuhay-ni-
francisco-balagtas.html
http://www.poemhunter.com/francisco-balagtas/
http://sulyapsayaman.blogspot.com/2007/10/talam
buhay-ni-francisco-baltazar.html