Vicente Garces

Name: Vicente Hermosa Garces
Pseudonyms: Garvi, Kampisaw
Date of Birth: 1889
Place of Birth: Cebu

BIOGRAPHY

Poet and prose writer Vicente H. Garces was born in 1889. He studied at the Colegio de San Carlos and Lyceum de Manila. With the pen names Garvi and Kampisaw, he wrote for Bag-ong Kusog. He founded and became the first president of the literary group Dilang Bisaya (DILBIS) in 1963. Garces was also once a mayor of Talisay.

WORKS

Short Stories

• “Gipanumpa sa Pasipala ang Ngalan ni Bathala” (Bag-ong Kusog XI: 50 April 15, 1927 pp. 7, 15, 18, 20-21)
• “Mahinuklugong Paglubong ni Alicia” (Bag-ong Kusog IX: 118-122 September 19-October 17, 1924)
• “Kaniya Gibuhat ang Iyang Gibuhat” (Bag-ong Kusog IX: 132 December 26, 1924 pp. 14, 16)
• “Suglanon ni Iyo Simon” (Bag-ong Kusog IX: 144 March 20, 1925 pp. 2-3)

Poetry

• “Tirana sa Pasko” (Bag-ong Kusog XIV: 35 December 27, 1929 p. 10)
• “Usa ka Kalag” (Bag-ong Kusog IX: 81 January 4, 1924 p. 11)

Articles/Essays

• “Pagkalot sa Bukog ni Leon Kilat Mainuklogon” (Bag-ong Kusog XI: 14 August 6, 1926 p. 21)
• “Saop sa Magyuyuta” (Bag-ong Kusog IV: 466 September 19, 1919 p. 5)

 

Category: Online Archive, Pre-War Writers