Adrian Cristobal passes away

Veteran journalist Adrian Cristobal Sr. passed away yesterday. He was 75. May he rest in peace.

Adrian E. Cristobal, public man of letters; 75
Source: Inquirer.net

Adrian E. Cristobal Sr., political satirist, essayist, columnist, fictionist, playwright, literary organizer, popular historian of Andres Bonifacio, and Marcos government functionary and adviser, died of complications arising from lung cancer Saturday morning. He was 75.

“Adrian Cristobal was first and foremost a political writer who started writing short stories but developed into a fine essayist in the tradition of Fred Mangahas, Salvador P. Lopez, and perhaps E. Aguilar Cruz,” said writer Elmer Ordoñez who, like Cristobal, was a member of the original Raven group of writers based in the University of the Philippines.

“A quite cynical person, possibly acquired in the practice of journalism (as reporter, columnist, editorial writer, and publisher) and writing for public figures, he was in his element in the satirical mode,” added Ordoñez, who’s national secretary of the Philippine Center of the International PEN (Poets, Playwrights, Essayists, Novelists).

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