author
Pascual de Leon
1893–1958
A Filipino newspaper writer and poet, he wrote in Tagalog with a direct, emotional voice that still feels vivid today. He is best remembered for Buntong Hininga, a collection of poems filled with longing, tenderness, and everyday feeling.
1 Audiobook
Buntong Hininga Mga Tulang Tagalog
by Pascual de Leon
About the author
Born in 1893 and known by the nickname Pasleo, he was a Filipino poet and newspaper writer. Sources connected with his work identify him as a writer for the newspaper Ang Mithi (also called El Ideal) and as a member of Aklatang Bayan.
His best-known book is Buntong Hininga, first published in Manila in 1915. The collection is written in Tagalog and shows a strong interest in love, sorrow, beauty, and reflection, giving his poems an intimate and musical quality.
Although not much biographical detail was easy to confirm, his writing has remained available through public-domain editions and audiobook recordings, which has helped keep his work in circulation for modern readers and listeners. He died in 1958.