Jose was a recipient of several prestigious awards local and overseas for his works.
He also ran an art gallery called Solidaridad Galleries in Manila that housed the exhibits of art trailblazers such as National Artist for the Visual Arts J. Elizalde Navarro. During the early years of Martial Law, Jose was blacklisted and forbidden to travel because of his opposition against the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr.Prolific writers, especially those he had taught before, took to social media to express their grief for Jose’s passing.shared that Jose, who they have known as “Frankie,” had been her friend for 40 years.
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