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In the latter years of modern-day Philippine literature, from the 1960s to the 1980s, feminism became the focus of Philippine women writers – first in poetry and then prose – in order to break away from what was termed the "Great Grand Silence of the Centuries". Creating an image unique to themselves – through their own individual efforts ...
This is a list of women writers who were born in the Philippines or whose writings are closely associated with that country. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Lilia Quindoza was born in 1949 in Manaoag, in the Philippines' Pangasinan province. [1] [2] She grew up in Baguio, where she attended secondary school.[1]After graduating with a bachelor's degree in English from the University of the Philippines Diliman in 1971, she obtained a master's in comparative literature in 1980 and a Ph.D. in Philippine studies in 1990 from the same institution.
Leona Josefa Florentino (19 April 1849 – 4 October 1884) was a Filipina foundational poet, [1] dramatist, satirist, and playwright who wrote and poetically spoke in Ilocano, her mother tongue, and Spanish, the lingua franca of her era.
She co-founded PAWWA or Philippine American Women Writers and Artists; and also founded PALH or Philippine American Literary House. Brainard's works include the World War II novel, When the Rainbow Goddess Wept ; The Newspaper Widow ; Magdalena ; and Selected Short Stories by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard , which won the 40th Philippine National ...
She is the former Director of the Cebuano Studies Center of the University of San Carlos, Philippines. [1] She is an active member of Women in Literary Arts (WILA), and writes poetry both in English and cebuano. She teaches on the anthropology of linguistics. She has written 54 works in 4 languages.
Pages in category "21st-century Filipino women writers" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Paz Márquez-Benítez (March 3, 1894 – November 10, 1983) was a Filipino short-story writer, educator and editor. [1] [2] [3] Her career as a woman educator as well as her contributions as a writer are seen as an important step within the advancement of women in professional careers as well as in the development of Philippine literature. [3]