![]() ![]() Since the image of the man puffing on a cigarette would not sit too well with the conservatives, David made sure donations would be made to the Philippine Cancer Society, because the man died of lung cancer (June 24, 1982), and they didn’t want to glorify his image as a cigarette-smoker. ![]() “The cover image seems to sum up the era a bit sort of a diplomatic Mad Men,” says David with a laugh. Guerrero (1915-1982) on the cover of LMG: The Leon Ma Guerrero Anthology, a compendium of the works by and about the lawyer, diplomat, journalist, the author of The First Filipino (the acclaimed Jose Rizal biography), a translator of Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo (with original book design by artist David Medalla), a recipient of the Mabini Award (the country’s highest honor for foreign service), among many other things. The book has been compiled by the ambassador’s only son, David Guerrero, and it features never-before-seen pictures culled from the family archives, as well as hundreds of articles, stories and speeches from the subject himself and his contemporaries. ![]() He looks more like a Beat poet in a suit, with a cigarette in hand and slanting shadow, framed by a monochrome world, the republic in his head and heart. ![]()
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