Famous Filipino Artist Rolando Santos Tinio was born on March 5, 1937 and died on July 7, 1997. Rolando Tinio was a Filipino male poet, dramatist, director, actor, critic, essayist and educator.
Rolando Tinio was the Philippine National Artist for Theater and Literature. He was born in Gagalangin, Tondo, Manila on March 5, 1937. As a child, Rolando Tinio was fond of organizing and directing his playmates for costumed celebrations. Rolando Tinio was an active participant in the Filipino movie industry and enjoyed working with Philippine celebrities who he himself had admired in his childhood. Rolando Tinio himself became a film actor and scriptwriter. Rolando Tinio is often described as a religious, well-behaved and gifted person. Rolando Tinio graduated with honors (a "magna cum laude" achiever) with a degree in Philosophy from the Royal and Pontifical University of Santo Tomas at age 18 in 1955 and an M.F.A. degree in Creative Writing:Poetry from the State University of Iowa.
Rolando Tinio was known for translating Western classics, which includes the works of Sophocles, Shakespeare, Ibsen, Chekhov, Puccini and Verdi, into Tagalog. Rolando Tinio did these translations in order to advance the Filipino language. Rolando Tinio was a prolific poet and writer who helped establish the Filipino-language drama in the 1970s.
Rolando Tinio was made a National Artist of the Philippines for Theater and Literature in 1997.