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Luis Dato

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Luis Guevara Dato (4 July 1906 – 29 January 1985) was a Filipino poet, writer, educator, genealogist and politician from Baao, Camarines Sur. He was one of the first Filipinos to write and publish works in English. Among his poems are "The Spouse", "Day on the Farm" and "Among the Hills". In 1927, his "Mi Ultimo Pensamiento" was the first good English translation, in rhymes, of José Rizal's "Mi último adiós".