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Perspectives in the Arts and Humanities Asia
Abstract
Excerpt: A man with two birthdays was Nick Joaquin. All sources agree that he was born Nicomedes Joaquin in 1917 in Paco, Manila, and one even gives the time of birth (“around 6:00 am”). But was it on May 4, as his passport indicates, or on September 15, the feast day of St. Nicomedes, that he “emerged from his mother’s womb . . . [and] made a big howling noise to announce his arrival”? Nick himself played coy, because “he hated having people come around to celebrate his birthday.”
Recommended Citation
Chua, Jonathan
(2017)
"Nick Joaquin in Retrospect,"
Perspectives in the Arts and Humanities Asia: Vol. 7:
No.
2, Article 8.
Available at:
https://archium.ateneo.edu/paha/vol7/iss2/8
