Карлос Булосан: Американдық филиппин жазушысының өмірі мен мұрасы

Filipino American novelist (1913–1956)

Carlos Sampayan Bulosan (November 24, 1913 – September 11, 1956) was a Filipino American novelist and poet who immigrated to the United States on July 1, 1930. Maxim Lieber was his literary agent in 1944.

As a labor organizer and socialist writer, he was blacklisted during the Second Red Scare of the 1950s. Denied a means to provide for himself, his later years were of illness, hardship, and alcoholism. He died in Seattle suffering from malnutrition and an advanced stage of bronchopneumonia. He is buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery on Queen Anne Hill in Seattle. Upon his death, union leader Chris Mensalvas, wrote the following obituary: "Carlos Bulosan, 30 years old (sic), died 11 September1956, Seattle. Birthplace: Philippines, Address: Unknown; Occupation: Writer; Hobby: Famous for his jungle salad served during Foreign Born Committee dinners. Estate: One typewriter, a twenty year old suit, unfinished manuscripts, worn out sock; Finances: Zero. Beneficiary: His people." and was created by Eliseo Art Silva. In 2018, the Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies Initiative was established at the University of California, Davis to carry on his legacy of activism through research and advocacy of the Filipino and Filipino American community. The initiative backs the creation of a physical Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies to support research, education and advocacy. The center aims to continue Bulosan's legacy by uplifting the voices of the most marginalized in the Filipino community in the United States and the diaspora through community engaged research and broadly disseminating knowledge about Filipinos for the purpose of advancing their rights and welfare.