Ang kumatha ng walang kamatayang “Florante at Laura” na si Francisco Baltasar o Balagtas ay mula sa isang maralitang angkan sa nayon ng Panginay, Bigaa, Bulacan. Siya’y ipinanganak noong Abril 2, 1788. Anak siya nina …

No other works of a Filipino has been as popularly immortalised as the Florante at Laura of Francisco Baltasar, a Tagalog poet known as Balagtas. Passages from his poem are often quoted by Filipino parents …