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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 .
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 ...
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. [19]
[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]
The film is FPJ Productions' 3rd anniversary offering and features the then freelancer Roces in her first assignment since leaving Sampaguita Pictures. [1] [2] The film was the first of 17 pictures Poe and Roces would make together [3] and was the beginning of their real life relationship, which would culminate in their marriage three years ...
José de la Cuadra (1903–1941) - novelist and short story writer; Agustin Cueva (1937–1992) - writer and sociologist; César Dávila Andrade (1918–1967)- poet; Jorge Dávila Vázquez (b. 1947) - writer; Rafael Díaz Ycaza (1925–2013) - poet, novelist, and short story writer; Miguel Donoso Pareja (1931–2015) - poet, novelist, and short ...
Actor Character Lourdes Munguía: Lucía: Alicia Machado: Electra: Benny Ibarra: Amado Cuevas: Laura G: Herself Alejandro Felipe: Benjamín: Mónica Dossetti: Dr ...
He is considered an important progenitor of the modern Filipino short story in English. Arcellana pioneered the development of the short story as a lyrical prose-poetic form within Filipino literature. His works are now often taught in tertiary-level syllabi in the Philippines. Many of his works were translated into Tagalog, Malaysian, Russian ...