Manila mourns the death of one of its favorite sons, Nick Joaquin, who died April 29, 2004, in his San Juan, Metro-Manila
home. It was via the Philippine Daily Inquirer’s web site, that I learned of the news.
I had read quite a few of his novels way back in my high school and college days, and one of my sisters, Lolet, actually knew him personally. She was a staff member at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) for quite some time before migrating to the US in 1997.
A known beer lover, Nick Joaquin will surely be missed by Manila’s intelligentsia and sensible beer house habitués– especially in the Malate and Ermita areas.
—links:
www.inq7.net
Kupitero’s 1999 review of Nick Joaquin’s Manila, My Manila