Sunday Tribune and Efficient Father
Francisco "Mang Kiko" Bayan Icasiano is one of the seven children of Francisca Bayan and Bonifacio Ycasiano.
Francisco Bayan Icasiano wrote a column entitled "From My Nipa Hut" for the Sunday Tribune Magazine. Written in English, Francisco tried to capture the Filipino life and culture through the eyes of "Mang Kiko." The light-hearted and humorous essays revealed a deep sympathy for the common tao (or the commonly used term nowadays, for the "madlang people").
* The life of Francisco Icasiano
Francisco Icasiano was a Filipino author who also went by the more extended name of Francisco "Mang Kiko" Bayan Icasiano. Amongst his first literary works were a series of essays written in the Sunday Tribune Magazine. The essays, written in English, were entitled 'From my Nipa Hut' and were satirical or comedic in style and tried to reflect the culture of the common Tao people in the Philippines. The essays seemed to look at the culture in the Philippines and, whilst comedic in style, presented opinion on what life was like in the Philippines. These essays have subsequently been collated into a book entitled 'Horizons from my Nipa Hut'. Icasiano's literary works did not stop with the essays as he also wrote a series of short stories, including the title Sonia.
The world in a train is an essay that is a part of mang kiko’s book entitled horizons from my nipa hut.
Other information surrounding the Filipino author is scarce but we do know the names of his parents, Francisca Bayan and Bonifacio Ycasiano and we know that he was one of seven siblings born into the family.
The World in a Train
Francisco B. Icasiano
One Sunday I entrained for Baliwag, a town in Bulacan which can well afford to hold two fiestas a year without a qualm.
I took the train partly because I am prejudiced in favor of the government-owned railroad, partly because I am allowed comparative comfort in a coach, and finally because trains sometimes leave and arrive according to schedule.
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Francisco Bayan Icasiano wrote a column entitled "From My Nipa Hut" for the Sunday Tribune Magazine. Written in English, Francisco tried to capture the Filipino life and culture through the eyes of "Mang Kiko." The light-hearted and humorous essays revealed a deep sympathy for the common tao (or the commonly used term nowadays, for the "madlang people").
* The life of Francisco Icasiano
Francisco Icasiano was a Filipino author who also went by the more extended name of Francisco "Mang Kiko" Bayan Icasiano. Amongst his first literary works were a series of essays written in the Sunday Tribune Magazine. The essays, written in English, were entitled 'From my Nipa Hut' and were satirical or comedic in style and tried to reflect the culture of the common Tao people in the Philippines. The essays seemed to look at the culture in the Philippines and, whilst comedic in style, presented opinion on what life was like in the Philippines. These essays have subsequently been collated into a book entitled 'Horizons from my Nipa Hut'. Icasiano's literary works did not stop with the essays as he also wrote a series of short stories, including the title Sonia.
The world in a train is an essay that is a part of mang kiko’s book entitled horizons from my nipa hut.
Other information surrounding the Filipino author is scarce but we do know the names of his parents, Francisca Bayan and Bonifacio Ycasiano and we know that he was one of seven siblings born into the family.
The World in a Train
Francisco B. Icasiano
One Sunday I entrained for Baliwag, a town in Bulacan which can well afford to hold two fiestas a year without a qualm.
I took the train partly because I am prejudiced in favor of the government-owned railroad, partly because I am allowed comparative comfort in a coach, and finally because trains sometimes leave and arrive according to schedule.
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