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Filipino director and playwright
A.K.A.
Lola Basyang
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
11 February 1861(Santa Cruz, Manila, Metro Manila, Luzon)
Death:
15 September 1942
The details
Biography
Introduction
Severino Reyes (February 11, 1861 – September 15, 1942) was a Filipino writer, playwright, and director of plays. He used the pen name Lola Basyang. He was nicknamed "Don Binoy".
Career
Reyes wrote 26 zarzuelas and 22 dramas in his career.He is known as the "Father of Tagalog Plays" and as the "Father of the Tagalog Zarzuela".
Reyes helped found the Liwayway magazine in 1922, and is recognized for pioneering the Tagalog literary renascence during his lifetime. His stories under the pen name Lola Basyang were the magazine's most widely read feature.
Works
- Walang Sugat
- R.I.P (Requiescat in Pace)
- Mga Bihag ni Cupido
- Ang Tunay na Hukom
- Kalye Pogi
- Ang Halik ni Hudas
- Cablegrama Fatal
- Puso ng Isang Pilipina
- Ang Bagong Fausto
- Filotea, o Ang Pag-aasawa ni San Pedro
- Opera Italiana
- San Lazaro
- Alamat ng LaMOK
Personal life
Reyes married his childhood friend Maria Paz Puato, and they had 17 children.
He spoke both Tagalog and Spanish, and understood Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and various Philippine dialects.