GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ

LOUIE JON A. SANCHEZ

AGUSTIN
01 hails from Flora, Apayao, Philippines.
He lives in Novaliches, Caloocan City,
in Metro Manila.
SANCHEZ He has won prizes including three
"Makata ng Taon (Poet of the Year)"

02 honors from the state-run Gawad

03
fiction from the Catholic Mass Media
Awards, given out yearly by the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of
Manila.
 LIFE
 A son of a professional electrical
engineer from Baliuag, Bulacan
and a fitness trainer from
Abulog, Cagayan, Sanchez was
born on 29 October 1980 in Sta.
Mesa, Manila. He grew up in
homes in San Juan City in
Manila, where his parents
started their family, and much
later on, in Bagong Barrio,
Caloocan City. He now lives in
Novaliches, Caloocan City.
 EDUCATION
 Educated in Catholic schools all
throughout his boyhood, he finished high
school at the Notre Dame of Greater
Manila in Grace Park, Caloocan City,
before entering the University of Santo
Tomas. At Santo Tomas, he enrolled at
the Faculty of Arts and Letters, intending
to major in communication arts. However,
his stint at The Varsitarian, the official
student publication, convinced him to shift
to journalism. He earned a bachelor of
arts degree in 2002. He took an MFA in
Creative Writing at De La Salle University,
where he is also currently enrolled as a
PhD Literature student.
 CAREER
 He worked as editorial assistant for Gospel Komiks,
published by the Communication Foundation for Asia
 In 2004, he was taken in as supplement writer by
the Philippines Graphic. While in the magazine, he
helped run the Philippines Graphic-Nick Joaquin
Literary Awards, one of the most prestigious prizes for
Filipino fiction writers in English. The owners of the
Philippines Graphic in 2006 opened a business paper,
the Business Mirror. He is one of the pioneers of the
paper, and he handled the business development
department.
 In 2007, he started teaching literature and creative
writing at De La Salle University-Manila, where he
finished his master of fine arts in creative writing, with
high distinction.
 He was consulting editor of Asian Journal Publications,
and associate editor of Balikbayan Magazine. He still
reports for the Philippines Graphic.
 PUBLISHED WORKS
POETRY

FICTION  "Digmaan"
 "Pagninilay sa
POETRY  "Pagninilay
Larawan ng
sa
Isang Monghe"
BOOKS  "La Traidora" Pagpatay" 
Talaang Ginto
& "Kuwento  "Ilang Halaw
Winners
ng Monghe"  Mula sa  "Senakulo",
At Sa Tahanan ng
Alabok: Mga Tula,  "Katapusan" Kathang Sa
"Perdon",
UST Publishing & "Retrato sa Mga Aninong
"Anino"
House, 2010 Opisina"  Ligaw"
PUBLISHED WORKS
CRITISM
 "Ang Paghuhubad ng
Tsinelas (O Kung Bakit
Hindi Ako Makumbinse ng
Havaianas)"
 "Ang Wili sa Wowowee at
ang Diasporang Filipino"
 "Letting the Light In"
 "Aklat ni Job: Muni at
Talang Pangkultura"
PIT STOP
• In this essay, Sanchez tackles legacy of Garcia
Marquez and mourns his death with an obituary.
• Sanchez attempts to sketch Garcia Marquez’s vast
contribution to literature by giving the readers a
sampling

SAMPLINGS:
1. Short summaries
2. Highlights
3. Anecdotes (Sanchez’s personal experiences between Garcia
Marquez and Filipino’s audience.)
• Sanchez plots the nodal connection between the
Philippines and Colombia by how Garcia Marquez
tackles the colonial experience.
• Between Garcia Marquez and Rizal, Sanchez slays
the violent history of imperialism.
• Comparison is the fundamental strategy used by
Sanchez
• Comparison is a rhetorical strategy that articulates
the similarities and differences between two
subjects.
 MARGINAL NOTES
By framing the essay through comparison, the author
exemplifies the use of such strategy to concretize
similarities and differences. Instead of leaving us with a
very abstract admiration of Marquez, specific example
from various texts are use to demonstrate the point of
comparison between Garcia Marquez ‘s work and
Philippine literature, and between the Philippines and
Colombia. The exemplification is proof of the viability of
seeing the Philippines and Colombia sitting together on
one bench where history unfolds.
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Sanchez developsStyle
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beyond the scope
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Philippines colonial experience Accordingly, the nearest
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point of confluence between these two nations separated by
continents and seas becomes their colonial history, a
shared past that suggest the possibility of a common
future. In the end, as this happens, Sanchez in providing a
new definition of Latin American literature.