Faustino Aguilar
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{{Infobox Officeholder
| name = Faustino Aguilar
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|office = 3rd Secretary of the Senate of the Philippines
|term_start = 1922
|term_end = 1931
|predecessor = Fernando Maria Guerrero
|successor = Fermin Torralba
| birth_name = Faustino S. Agular
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1882|02|15}}
| birth_place = Malate, Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1955|07|24|1882|02|15}}[https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-12227-98628-98?cc=1686086&wc=M8LN-9WL:129555301,129906301,130066301 Faustino Aguilar's Death Register]
| death_place = Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines
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| signature = Faustino Aguilar's signature.svg
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Faustino S. Aguilar (February 15, 1882 – July 24, 1955) is a pioneering Filipino novelist, journalist, revolutionary, union leader, and editor. Faustino was one of the first novelists in the Philippines to explore and present social realism through literature. He was the editor of Taliba (Philippine newspaper-1910)
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Career
=As journalist=
He was the editor of the Taliba, a newspaper in the Philippines.
=As novelist=
As a novelist, he authored the Tagalog-language novels Busabos ng Palad (Pauper of Fate) in 1909, Sa Ngalan ng Diyos (In the Name of God) in 1911, Ang Lihim ng Isang Pulo (The Secret of an Island) in 1926, Ang Patawad ng Patay (The Pardon of the Dead) in 1951, Ang Kaligtasan (The Salvation) in 1951, and Pinaglahuan (Place of Disappearance) in 1906 (published in 1907). As a revolutionary, Faustino was a member of the Katipunan.{{cite web|url=http://www.vibalfoundation.org/books/authors/faustino-aguilar/|title=Faustino Aguilar|access-date=June 12, 2011|publisher=Vibal Foundation|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316103529/http://www.vibalfoundation.org/books/authors/faustino-aguilar/|archive-date=March 16, 2012}} His novels portrayed themes of ruthlessness and injustice in society.{{cite web|title=Faustino S. Aguilar|url=http://panitikan.com.ph/authors/a/fsaguilar.htm|publisher=panitikan.com|accessdate=June 12, 2011}}
=As revolutionary=
=As civil servant=
Aguilar worked in different branches of the Philippine government. One particular office is the Department of Labor.
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Category:Filipino newspaper editors
Category:Tagalog-language writers
Category:Filipino revolutionaries
Category:Filipino civil servants
Category:People from Malate, Manila
Category:Filipino trade union leaders