Original sentence: Francisco Baltazar (April 2, 1788—February 20, 1862), also known as Francisco Balagtas, is considered to be one of the great Filipino poet.He is best known for his masterpiece Florante at Laura.He used his vernacular, Tagalog, in a time when most of literature was written in Spanish.Some schools of thought believe his poems depict the injustices his people suffered under the Spanish colonizers.com/CollegePark/Pool/1644/baltazar.http://www
Edited sentence: Francisco Balagtas (1788 – 1862) is one of the greatest Filipino poets.He wrote in Tagalog, and his poems depict the injustices his people suffered under the Spanish.His most famous work is Florante at Laura