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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. [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 —
In 1940, the first Commonwealth Literary Awards were given by President Manuel L. Quezon to Salvador P. Lopez for "Literature and Society" (essay), Manuel Arguilla for "How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife and Other Stories" (short story), R. Zulueta da Costa for "Like the Molave" (poetry), and Juan C. Laya for "His Native Soil" (novel).
Alejandro Roces: 13 July 1924 in Manila, Philippines 23 May 2011 in Manila, Philippines Jose Garcia Villa (1908–1997) Philippines United States Footnote to Youth (1933) Poems by Doveglion (1941) Have Come, Am Here (1942) Selected Poems and New (1958) 1971 [86] Pacita Icasiano-Habana [l] — 17 August 2016 in the Philippines 1971 [87] Purita ...
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 .
Joaquin "Chino" Roces – nationalist, newspaper publisher, and freedom fighter during the reign of Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos. Abraham Sarmiento Jr. – Filipino student journalist who gained prominence as an early and visible critic of the martial law government of President Ferdinand Marcos .