Background
Aguilar, Mila Deysolong was born on March 31, 1949 in Lapaz, Iloilo, The Philippines. Daughter of Jose Vasquez and Ramona (Deysolong) Aguilar.
(Revolutionary Filippina poet imprisoned in Manila for her...)
Revolutionary Filippina poet imprisoned in Manila for her poems. "My fingers curled up/To a firm trigger squeeze/And the heat of anger exploded/Like bullets out of my eyes."
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Aguilar, Mila Deysolong was born on March 31, 1949 in Lapaz, Iloilo, The Philippines. Daughter of Jose Vasquez and Ramona (Deysolong) Aguilar.
Bachelor in English, University Philippines, 1969.
Instructor, U. Philippines, Quezon City, 1969-1971; staff writer, Graphic Magazine, Manila, 1969-1971; underground worker, Communist Party of Philippines, Manila, 1971-1974; political commissar white area committee, Communist Party of Philippines, Mindanao, 1974-1977; chairman united front committee, Communist Party of Philippines, Mindanao, 1977-1979; chairman united front committee, Communist Party of Philippines, Manila, 1980-1983; associate director extension service center, St. Joseph's College, Quezon City, 1984-1987; president, Institute for Filipino Cinema, Inc., Manila, since 1988. Member Presidential Commision on Culture & Arts, The Philippines, since 1989.
(Revolutionary Filippina poet imprisoned in Manila for her...)
(poetry, Filipino, intro by Audre Lorde)
Member Concerned Artists of the Philippines, Manila, since 1986. Member Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association Philippine Center, Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association United States of America West (honorary).
Married Magtangol Sayas Roque, May 4, 1971 (deceased June 1981). 1 child, Magtangol Aguilar Roque Junior.