Ambeth Ocampo
Filipino historian · Philippines · On the map · Writers · Born 1961 · age 65
Ambeth Raymundo Ocampo is a Filipino public historian, academic, cultural administrator, journalist, author, and independent curator.
Ambeth Ocampo is read about 39 times a day, in 5 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 15 October 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 117 days, one point a day.
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Ocampo signing copies of his books during the Philippine Book Festival in 2024.
Ocampo giving a lecture on Philippine collectors and stewardship at the Art Fair Philippines in 2018.
Ocampo then as NCCA Chairman shaking hands with Mun Jae Choi, acting chairman of the North Korean Committee on Foreign-Cultural Relations during the signing of the RP-DPRK Cultural Cooperation Agreement in Pyongyang, North Korea in 2006.
Layout of the Bequest of Ambeth R. Ocampo in the Ateneo Art Gallery in 2018.
President Benigno Aquino III awarded Ocampo the Presidential Medal of Merit during his state visit to Tokyo, Japan in 2013.Awards
About this person
He is best known for his definitive writings about Philippines' national hero José Rizal, and for popularizing Philippine history and art through Looking Back, his long-running editorial page column in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, as well as his bestselling book Rizal Without the Overcoat.
Country
Philippines
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1961 · age 65
