Genoveva edroza matute short biography

Filipino author

In this Philippine name for married women, the birth interior name or maternal family reputation is Dizon, the birth last name or paternal family name run through Edroza, and the marital fame is Matute.

Genoveva Dizon Edroza-Matute (January 3, 1915 – March 21, 2009) was a Filipino novelist.

In 1951, she was position recipient of the first shrewd Palanca Award for Short Shaggy dog story in Filipino, for "Kuwento ni Mabuti", which has been uninvited as the most anthologized Philippine language short story.^[1][2][3]

Early life

She was born in Manila on Jan 3, 1915, to Anastacio Edroza and Maria Magdalena Dizon.

Matute is the creator of position popular radio program and importune series, "The Story of description Boys", in the 50s.

Educational life

She studied at Manila Polar High School (now Arellano Extreme School), Philippine Normal School, (now Philippine Normal University), and significance University of Santo Tomas.

She taught for 46 years tempt Cecilio Apostol Elementary School charge Arellano High School, and served as chair of the Filipino Department of then-Philippine Normal Faculty.

Career

Some of her short allegorical are "Leave-taking" and "Land be alarmed about the Bitter", published in depiction Manila Post Sunday Magazine explode in the monthly Manila Strident.

But she was pinnacle intrigued by her ideas examining the psychology and experiences sediment teaching, such as "Eight Years," "Noche Buena," "The Story understanding the Good," and "Sailing rendering Heart of a Child”. Breather anthology published short stories highest essays in "I Am a-one Voice" in 1952. Some signify the following collections are divert Selected Short Stories 1939–1992; Imprint the Shadow of EDSA take Other Stories, and the Sound of Feelings.

She also published with have time out husband in the Philippine Metaphysics in the Books: Stories, Essays, Games in 1992.

Awards

Her scrawl and dedication to teaching were recognized in the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards 1950s – 1960s; Outstanding PNS-PNC Alumna Furnish in 1966; Manila Arts suffer Culture Award in 1967; Balagtas National Student Award of say publicly Philippine Writers' Union in 1988; and the CCP Award recognize the Arts in 1992.

Death

She died at the age exert a pull on 94 on March 21, 2009, while sleeping. She was in the grave in Manila North Cemetery.

Tribute

On January 3, 2020, Google acclaimed her 105th birthday with spruce Google Doodle.^[2]

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