who is i.v mallari?

A Filipino essayist.

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One of the early Filipino Writers in English . More than anything else , he was a consummate essayist. He wrote on Architecture with the understanding and skill of a truly artistic temperament. From his hometown Malabon in Rizal province, Mallari went to the Philippine Normal School in Manila, then the University of Wisconsin (USA) for further studies in English, Education and Library Science. For his accomplishments, Mallari was included in the Pan-Pacific Who’s Who and the Who’s Who library Science.