The Quijano de Manila

Nicomedes Márquez Joaquín, also known as Nick Joaquin,  was a Filipino writer, historian and journalist, best known for his short story and novels in the English language. He also wrote using the pen name Quijano de Manila. Joaquín was conferred the rank and title of National Artist of the Philippines for Literature. 

 He is considered one of the most important Filipino writers in English, and the third most important overall, after Jose P. Rizal and Claro M. Recto.

As a famous novelist, He has famous lines! Here are some examples:

"Love should have no alternatives; love should be the sole reason for loving; love should spring of itself.”

“The point is not how we use a tool, but how it uses us.”

“If for us culture means museum and library and open house and art gallery, for them it meant the activities and amenities of everyday life... The rift is... between "folk" culture, where the unschooled can be wise, and print culture, which enslaved the other senses to the eye.”

Because of that, I think, he affects many Filipino citizens during his time. 

Not just that! He also have so many famous works! Here are some examples:

A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino

The A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino, known also as A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino: An Elegy in Three Scenesis a literary olay written in English by Filipino National Artist for Literature and one of the Philippines’ best postwar author, poet, and playwright Nick Joaquin in 1950. It was described as Joaquin’s “most popular play”, as the "most important Filipino play in English", and as “probably the best-known Filipino play” Apart from being regarded also as the “national play of the Philippines” because of its popularity, it also became one of the important reads in English Classes in the Philippines. Joaquin’s play was described by Anita Gates, a reviewer from New York Times, as an "engaging, well plotted metaphor for the passing of Old Manila.”

The Woman Who Had Two Navels

The Woman Who Had Two Navels is a 1961 historical novel by Nick Joaquin, an National Artist for Literature and leading English language writer from the Philippines, It is considered a classic in Philippine literature. It was the recipient of the first Harry Stonehill award.It tells the story of a Filipino elite woman who is hallucinating, and is preoccupied with the notion that she has two navels or belly buttons in order to be treated as an extraordinary person. 

Nick Joaquin is a great filipino novelist!