Vicente Garces

Vicente Hermosa Garces, also known as Vicente Garces and Nyor Inting, was a Filipino Visayan politician, writer, and poet. His famous written works in Cebuano were published in Visayan newspaper, Bag-ong Kusog. He also served as mayor in the then municipality of Talisay, Cebu, Philippines from 1925 to 1937.

Early life and education Vicente H. Garces was to parents Agapito Garces and Teodora Hermosa born on December 18, 1887. The family used to reside in the district of Parian, Cebu City. He attended school at the Colegio de San Carlos, and then proceeded to take a law degree at the Lyceum de Manila.

At age 18, he married Resureccion Bangoy who was fondly called Lola Eccion and bore 13 children namely Alfreda, Agapito, Asteria, Clarita, Jesusa, Jose, Mariano, Pilar, Resureccion, Sincletica, Teodora, Vicente, and Virginio. Upon his marriage, he settled in Talisay, Cebu with his wife and children. The Garces Ancestral house is still extant on Jose Rizal Street in Talisay. The house was built in 1955 and was one of the tallest structures in the Poblacion. using the pseudonyms Garvi and Kampisaw,

He organized Dilang Bisaya (DILBIS), The Cebu provincial government cited his published work, Mahinuklugong Paglubong ni Alicia, as one of the notable works in the Cebuano literary canon. The Cebuano Studies Center of the University of San Carlos included him in the list of pre-World War II published Cebuano authors. Vicente H. Garces Street was named after him. Located in Barangay Poblacion, it is one of the major thoroughfares in Talisay City, passing through Talisay City College (formerly the municipal hall) and the parish church, Archdiocesan Shrine of St. Therese of Avila.