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Alejandro Reyes Roces (13 July 1924 – 23 May 2011) was a Filipino author, essayist, dramatist and a National Artist of the Philippines for literature. He served as Secretary of Education from 1962 to 1965, during the term of Philippine President Diosdado Macapagal .
Pages in category "Characters in short stories" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The magazine had its beginning back 1989 when Ramon Roces, the eldest son of Alejandro Roces, introduced it after the ill-fated Photo News had declined in the market. Roces, a prominent man in the publishing business, first conceived Photo News. It was a magazine with its own style, carrying eleven languages including (Spanish, Tagalog and ...
It was established in 1950 by a group of writers from the Manila Times Publishing, Co., which included National Artist Dr. Alejandro Roces, regarded as the Father of the Maria Clara Awards. It was the initial answer of the Philippines to Hollywood 's Academy Awards , an institution for recognizing talents in the Filipino movie industry .
These stories often took place in the countryside, and portrayed every day Filipino activities like church-going, farming, courting, and cockfighting. The most well-known example was the short story My Brother’s Peculiar Chicken by Alejandro Roces. [18]
Alejandro Roces: 1996 (L.H.D.) GS, HS, SAS L.H.D. honoris causa: Short story writer, essayist, former Philippine Secretary of Education (1962–1965), Chairman of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (2001–02), National Artist of the Philippines for Literature (2003) [20] Ildefonso P. Santos Jr. 1948 HS —
A list of lists of characters in fictional works, broken down by medium and sorted alphabetically by the name of the fictional work. Lists of book characters [ edit ]
[13] [14] [15] This notable character was created by writer Romualdo Ramos and by illustrator Tony Velasquez, who was 18 years old at the time, by commission from publisher Ramon Roces . [14] The short comic swiftly expanded to occupy a full-color page, [8] then advanced into the magazine's various language editions. [16]