Zoilo Jose Hilario y Sangalang was a Filipino poet, playwright, lawyer, politician and linguist.
12 Facts About Zoilo Hilario
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Zoilo Hilario is known for his poems written in both the Spanish and Kapampangan.
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Zoilo Hilario was born in San Fernando, Pampanga to parents Tiburcio Hilario and Adriana Sangalang.
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Zoilo Hilario learned his cartilla from the school of Modesto Joaquin in Bacolor.
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Zoilo Hilario earned his bachiller en artes in the Liceo De Manila and then enrolled for his law course at Escuela de Derecho, where he graduated in 1911 and passed the bar the next year.
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Zoilo Hilario became an esteemed member of Jardin de Epicuro, an elite literary society founded by Fernando Maria Guerrero.
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Zoilo Hilario then embarked on a career in politics as a member of the Philippine Partido Nacionalista.
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In 1923, backed and financed by the local members of the Philippine Partido Nacionalista, Zoilo Hilario founded the Central Luzon-based mutual-aid organization for laborers named Katipunan Mipanampun.
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Zoilo Hilario served as a judge in Ilocos Sur from 1947 to 1954, and rose to become a judge of the Court of the First Instance from 1954 up to 1960, when he finally retired.
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In 1962, Zoilo Hilario compiled a typewritten book entitled Bayung Sunis.
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Zoilo Hilario wrote the following plays in the Kapampangan language: Mumunang Sinta, Sampagang E Malalanat, Bandila ning Filipinas and Juan de la Cruz, Anak ning Katipunan.
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Zoilo Hilario died in 1963, leaving behind his widow, Trinidad Vasquez of Negros Occidental, and two daughters, Rafaelita and Evangelina.