Background
Basilio Sarmiento was born on June 14, 1890 in Banga, a barangay in Meycauayan in the Philippine province of Bulacan. His father was a fisherman while his mother was a market vendor. Sarmiento learned to read and write from his father.
Basilio Sarmiento was born on June 14, 1890 in Banga, a barangay in Meycauayan in the Philippine province of Bulacan. His father was a fisherman while his mother was a market vendor. Sarmiento learned to read and write from his father.
His secondary education, he studied at Malolos and Manila High School. From 1911 to 1913 he studied at the Philippine School of Commerce, where he learned typing and shorthand.
He was the eldest of five children of Domingo Sarmiento and Engracia Latigar. After graduating from the Civil Service diploma, he worked from 1913 to 1928 as a clerk employed by the Bureau of Post. Besides working for the Philippine government Sarmiento was also active as a writer
Between 1914 and 1916, he wrote for newspapers such as Taliba, Mithi and Ang Democracia. during this same period he also began writing poetry.
His first published poem was Kakilakilabot in Renacintiento in 1913, subsequently followed by many more poems and occasionally even some prose. Sarmiento"s works appeared under the pseudonyms as Silahis, Basalisar, Bul.
A. Can, and published in weekly magazines like Liwayway, Alitaptap, Sampaguita, Bulaklak, Ilang-Ilang and Tagumpay. Participant of his poems appeared in a collection of poems, a book entitled Sagismsim.
Basilio Sarmiento died in 1970 at age 80.
(1) Virginia Sarmiento, (2) Ester Saldaña Sarmiento, (3) Rita Saldaña Sarmiento, (4) Lourdes Saldaña Sarmiento, (5) Josefina Saldaña Sarmiento, (6) Anna Saldaña Sarmiento, (7) Victor Saldaña Sarmiento, (8) Angela Saldaña Sarmiento.