Jose F. Lacaba
Jose Maria Flores Lacaba, Jr., better known as Jose F. Lacaba and Pete Lacaba, is a Filipino poet, journalist, and screenwriter. He was conferred the Aruna Vasudev Lifetime Achievement Award for Writing on Cinema during 10th Osian's Cinefan Festival held in New Delhi, India on 11 July 2008.
He is currently[when?] the executive editor of Summit Media's YES! Magazine.
His screenplay credits include Jaguar, This Is My Country, Fight for Us, Sister Stella L., Eskapo, Segurista, and Rizal in Dapitan.
“At nineteen Rimbaud reminded us To despair: there was nothing more to do,Hell was closed for all seasons,And for all practical purposes it wasAll burnt out. ...At nineteenAll our vanity sobered into desperate awe:We drank our beer, and cursed Rimbaud.”
Jose F. Lacaba
“Humikab ang dagat na parang leonmasarap sanang tumalon peroBAWAL MAGTAPON NG BASURAsabi ng alon.”
Jose F. Lacaba