# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nick-joaquin
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:23:54.714Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nick-joaquin"
name: "Nick Joaquin"
slug: "nick-joaquin"
description: "Nicomedes \"Nick\" Marquez Joaquin was a Filipino writer and journalist best known for his short stories and novels in the English language. He also wrote using the pen name Quijano de Manila. Joaquin was conferred the rank and title of National Artist of the Philippines for Literature. He has been considered one of the most important Filipino writers, along with José Rizal and Claro M. Recto. Unlike Rizal and Recto, whose works were written in Spanish, Joaquin's major works were written in English despite being literate in Spanish."
tagline: "Filipino writer (1917–2004)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nick_Joaquin_2010_stamp_of_the_Philippines.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1917-05-04"
deathDate: "2004-04-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.38
  momentum:             8.858560794044664
  historical:           10.60562133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "نيك چواكوين"
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    title: "Nick Joaquin"
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    title: "ニック・ホアキン"
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    title: "Nick Joaquin"
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    title: "Nick Joaquin"
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    title: "Nick Joaquin"
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    title: "Хоакин, Ник"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump