CARLOS P. ROMULO was a journalist for a great part of his life. He was a reporter by the age of 16, a newspaper editor at 20, and a publisher at 32. Romulo was the only Asian to win America's coveted Pulitzer Prize in Journalism for series of articles about the outbreak of World War II.
Best remembered as a Diplomat, he was the First Asian President of the United Nations General Assembly. He was also appointed Philippine Ambassador to Washington, DC and later, Minister of Foreign Affairs. Inspite of his busy life, he managed to write and published 18 books.
In addition to being a National Artist, Romulo received 74 decorations from foreign countries. He was the recipient of the United Nations Peace Medal, the World Peace Award, the Four Freedoms Peace Award, and the US Presidential Medal for Freedom, Merica's highest award for civilians.
When he returned to the Philippines in 1984 after more than 50 years of representing the country abroad, he received practically all the awards given by his country. So a new title was created for him: "HERO OF THE REPUBLIC"..
Some of his major works were "I SAW THE FALL OF THE PHILIPPINES " (1942, "MOTHER AMERICA" (1943), "I SAW THE PHILIPPINES RISE (1946, among many others.
