
FRANCISCO BALAGTAS: STATEMENT OF APPRECIATION👈 One of the most valuable assets which a person can have is a love for a good books. From this topic, let us know more Francisco Balagtas, the great orator and poet hails from the province of Bulacan . Let us know his life, his contributions and works, and also how he went on such poets he made. FRANCISCO BALAGTAS Francisco Balagtas (born Francisco Baltazar y de la Cruz ; April 2, 1788 – February 20, 1862), also known as Francisco Baltazar , was a prominent Filipino poet, and is widely considered one of the greatest Filipino literary laureates for his impact on Filipino literature. The famous epic, Florante at Laura , is regarded as his defining work . The surname "Baltazar", sometimes misconstrued as a pen name , was a legal sur...