Begone wanderer! Look not behind you nor grieve as you leave again.

—José Rizal, “Song of the Wanderer”

Marc Gabriel Paulinus was born in Quezon City, Philippines in 2000 and still lives there to this day. He is an artist and writer whose main interests consists of fiction, poetry, philosophy, art, science, technology, and history.

When he was 19, Paulinus wrote and self-published his first book, White Pills and Other Poems. He then later took up Literature and Philosophy in De La Salle University-Manila but due to a bout of illness has since been autodidactic. His first “serious” book, which he intends to publish before the end of 2024, is a collection of 20 narrative and aphoristic poems, entitled Among Other People.