Background
Balmaceda was born on Orion, Bataan on January 28, 1885.
Balmaceda was born on Orion, Bataan on January 28, 1885.
He attended Colegio de San Juan de Letran for college. Two years later, he finished law on Escuela de Derecho (School of Law) under the same college.
He made several works written in Tagalog, English and Spanish languages. When he was fourteen, his first written play entitled Sugat ng Puso (Broken Heart). The play is all about thriftiness and was composed of three stages.