Carlos Bulosan

1913–1956 (age 43)

writer

Biography

Carlos Bulosan emigrated from the Philippines to the United States and became a powerful voice for immigrant and working-class communities, pouring his experiences into essays, poems, and the seminal memoir America Is in the Heart.

He inspired generations of Asian American writers by combining lyrical prose with unflinching critiques of injustice, and the memory of his courage endures at Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

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