Carlos Bulosan

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Sampayan and the surname or paternal family name is Bulosan.
Carlos Bulosan
Born
Carlos Sampayan Bulosan

(1913-11-24)November 24, 1913
Binalonan, Pangasinan, Philippine Islands
DiedSeptember 11, 1956(1956-09-11) (aged 42)
Seattle, Washington, U.S
Occupations
  • Novelist
  • essayist
  • labor union organizer

Carlos Sampayan Bulosan (November 24, 1913[1] – September 11, 1956) was a Filipino American novelist and poet who immigrated to the United States on July 1, 1930.[2] He never returned to the Philippines and he spent most of his life in the United States. His best-known work today is the semi-autobiographical America Is in the Heart, but he first gained fame for his 1943 essay on The Freedom from Want.

  1. ^ There is disagreement over the date of his birth, as his baptismal papers list it as November 2, 1911; see Zhang, Aiping (2003). Huang, Guiyou (ed.). Asian American Short Story Writers: An A-to-Z Guide. Greenwood. p. 23. ISBN 9780313322297. Retrieved September 15, 2014. Some sources say 1914; for a list of references on this problem, see San Juan, Jr, E. "Carlos Bulosan: Critique and Revolution". Balikbayang Sinta: An E. San Juan Reader. Ateneo de Manila University Press and Flipside Publishing. ISBN 9789719951551. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
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