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Ang akdang ito ay isang alegorya ng kanyang sariling buhay, pagdurusa, at pagmamahal sa bayan. The book also has an edition of the Florante. He married Juana Tiambeng on July 22, 1842, in a ceremony officiated by Fr. Cayetano Arellano, uncle of future Philippine Supreme Court Chief Justice Cayetano Arellano. Nagbigay si Balagtas ng pag-asa sa maraming Pilipino sa pamamagitan ng kanyang mga tula na nagpapakita ng pagmamahal sa bayan, pagtutol sa katiwalian, at pagsusumikap na makamit ang pag-unlad at kalayaan.

Ang mga akdang iyan ay hango sa tala ni G. Hermenegildo Cruz na kumatha ng “Kung Sino ang Kumatha ng Florante.”

The following biography of Francisco Baltazar (Balagtas) was written in Tagalog  by Jose N. Sevilla at Tolentino in the early 1920s:

TALAMBUHAY NI FRANCISCO BALTAZAR (BALAGTAS)

Hindi maáaring̃ sumulat ng̃ ukol sa pánitikang̃ Tagalog nang̃ dî bábang̃gitín ang̃ pang̃alan ng̃ dakilang̃ Makatà ng̃ Wikang̃ Tagalog, ng̃ Harì ng̃ mg̃a mang̃aáwit, na si Francisco Baltazar.

Ang̃ maykathâ ng̃ «Florante at Laura» ay isá sa mg̃a nápilì at namukód na higít sa isáng̃ maning̃níng̃ na talà at karapátdapat na mápapiling̃ kina Goethe, Virgilio, Dante Aligieri na pinípiging̃ ng̃ mg̃a «Diosa» sa kanyáng̃ dulang̃, na dî nadádaluhán nino mán kundî ng̃ mg̃a tunay na diwà lamang ng̃ mg̃a lahì.

Si G.

Hermenegildo H. Cruz ay nagukol sa kanyá ng̃ isáng̃ mahalagáng̃ aklát na kátataluntunán ng̃ kanyáng mg̃a lálong̃ lihim na pinang̃daánan at búhay. Mabuti pang putulin mo ang mga daliri nila kaysa gawin nilang bokasyon ang paggawa ng tula.”

Sa piling ng kanyang asawa at mga anak, pumanaw si Balagtas noong ika-20 ng Pebrero 1862 sa edad na 73.

Upon his deathbed, he asked a favor that none of his children become poets like him, who had suffered under his gift as well as under others. They had eleven children but only four survived to adulthood. La India Elegante y El Negrito Amante, isang sayneteng may isang yugto lamang at itinanghal sa Udyong noong ika-8 ng Mayo ng taong 1861, isang taon bago namatay ang makata.

Kilala siya bilang Prinsipe ng Manunulang Tagalog at itinuturing na William Shakespeare ng Pilipinas dahil sa kanyang napakalaking ambag sa panitikang Filipino. Balagtas wrote 10 comedias and 1 metrical romance according to Cruz as well as numerous other poems and short plays that are recorded in his book. Ang kanyang Florante at Laura at iba pang akda ay hindi nawalan ng saysay sa paglipas ng panahon.

Mahalaga ang edukasyon dahil maaari itong magamit bilang sangkap upang maging matagumpay sa buhay.

  • Tiyaga at determinasyon – Sa kabila ng mga pagsubok na dumaan sa kanyang buhay, hindi bumitaw si Balagtas at patuloy na nagpursige upang maabot ang kanyang mga pangarap. Out of the 3, "Florante at Laura" is considered Balagtas' defining work and is a cultural touchstone for the Philippines.

  • Florante at Laura or Pinagdaanang Buhay ni Florante at Laura sa Kaharian ng Albanya, an awit (metrical narrative poem with dodecasyllabic quatrains [12 syllables per line, 4 lines per stanza]); Balagtas' masterpiece
  • La India elegante y el negrito amante – a short play in one part
  • Orosman at Zafira – a comedia in three parts

    • Majority of the source material for Balagtas' work come from Hermenigildo Cruz' book which itself is based on the surviving testimonies and memories of Balagtas' children at the turn of the century.

    He moved to Balanga, Bataan in 1840 where he served as the assistant to the Justice of the Peace. He is said to have written 2 loas recorded in Cruz's book as well as numerous Ladinos and didactic works.

  • In praise of the Archangel Michael a loa written for the patron saint of the town of Udyong
  • In Celebration of the crowning of Queen Isabella II of the Bourbon Dynasty Celebrating the ascension of Isabella II to the Spanish throne

    • A number of Minor poems are recorded in Cruz's book.

  • "Pangaral sa Isang Binibining Ikakasal" (Admonition to a Young Lady About To Be Married) A didactic work.
  • "Paalam Na sa Iyo.

    . He was also appointed as the translator of the court. In his book, he reconstructs 5 plays, the most notable and most complete of which is "Orosman at Zafira."

  • Orosmán at Zafira – a komedya (a Filipino theater form evolved from the Spanish comedia) in three parts
  • Rodolfo at Rosemonda
  • Nudo gordeano
  • Abdol at Misereanan – a komedya, staged in Abucay in 1857
  • Bayaceto at Dorslica – a komedya in three parts, staged at Udyong on September 27, 1857

    • As a folk poet and employee of the courts, Balagtas' prowess in writing was mainly seen in the yearly fiestas held in nearby towns, a great majority of his plays may have been staged in outdoor theaters set up in town square and as a poet, a number of his works and writings have been recorded in collections of poetry such as the "Coleccion de refranes, frases y modismos tagalos" (Guadalupe, 1890) as well as in the accounts of Spanish officials such as Martinez de Zuniga who recorded traditional plays and religious events in Philippine fiestas.
    Balagtas also wrote in the Ladino style of poems that were popular among his contemporaries.

    Nagkaroon sila ng labing-isang anak, subalit pito lamang sa kanila ang nabuhay.

    karibal ni francisco balagtas biography

    Bunso siya sa kanilang apat na magkakapatid na sina Felipe, Concha, at Nicholasa.

    Nag-aral si Balagtas sa Bigaa Parochial School, Colegio de San Jose, at Colegio de San Juan de Letran. He even went as far as to tell them it would be better to cut their hands off than let them be writers.

    Balagtas is so greatly revered in the Philippines that the term for Filipino debate in extemporaneous verse is named for him: balagtasan.