Paz marquez benitez biography
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Paz Marquez-Benitez: Between literature and history
Philippine history boiled, bubbled, and spewed trouble in the years that marked the birth and growing up years of Paz Marquez-Benitez.
The future short story writer, editor, and educator was born to a world of privilege on March 3, in provincial Tayabas (now Lucena), Quezon—domain of coconut plantation owners, prominent families, and gay parties.
It was a world that like so many rich enclaves in the country would seesaw in the upplopp of the revolution and the changing of colonial masters, from the Spanish to the American.
Paz—the second eldest among the 12 children of Ateneo dem Manila-educated Gregorio Marquez and Ilocos Norte beauty Maria Jurado—was only two years old when Tayabas became “a hot bed of the revolution.”
This description of her hometown was penned by Paz herself and found in her private letters written between and Virginia Licuanan, daughter of Paz, gathered the letters and included them in a book she wrote abou
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Paz Marquez-Benitez's th Birthday
Today’s Doodle celebrates the th birthday of Filipino writer, editor, and teacher Paz Márquez-Benítez. Throughout her career, she developed Philippine literature and taught many of the nation’s most distinguished writers. She is known for writing the first modern Philippine short story penned in English, Dead Stars.
Márquez-Benítez was born to a family of teachers in Lucena, Quezon on this day in An academic prodigy, she enrolled in high school at age nine and was highly praised for her prowess in English. She then attended the Philippine Normal University in Manila where she discovered her love for writing. Two years later, Márquez-Benítez studied at the newly-formed University of the Philippines’ College of Liberal Arts, graduating in
She soon returned to her alma mater as a writing teacher and used her platform to write Dead Stars in Márquez-Benítez was a strong propo
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Paz Márquez-Benítez
Filipino writer (–)
Paz Márquez-Benítez (March 3, – November 10, ) 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] She was also a beauty queen.
During her career as a writer, Marquez-Benitez wrote short stories critical of American Imperialism. She is most known by her short story Dead Stars () in which the two main characters are displayed as allegories to American imperialism in order to portray the slow decay of Philippine heritage.[3][4] Her only other known published work is A Night in the Hills (). Even though she had only two published works her writings would be regarded as the first steps of Philippine literature moving into the mainstream.[4]