Paz Márquez-Benítez (1894–1983) was a Filipina short-story writer.^[1][2] Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Philippines. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... Motto Maka-Diyos, Makatao, Makakalikasan, at Makabansa (English: For God, People, Nature, and Country) Anthem Lupang Hinirang Chosen Land Capital Manila Largest city Quezon City Official languages Filipino and English1 Recognised regional languages Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bikol, Waray-Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinan[1] Government Unitary presidential constitutional... A short story is a form of short fictional narrative prose. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ...

Biography

Born in 1894 in Lucena City, Quezon, Marquez - Benitez authored the first Filipino modern English-language short story, Dead Stars, published in the Philippine Herald in 1925. Márquez-Benítez was among the first generation of Filipinos trained in the American education system which used English as the medium of instruction. She graduated high school in Tayabas High School (now, Quezon National High School) and college from the University of the Philippines with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1912. ^[1][2] 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The City of Lucena (Filipino: Lungsod ng Lucena) is a first class highly urbanized medium sized city in the province of Quezon, Philippines. ... Quezon is a province of the Philippines located in the CALABARZON region in Luzon. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Year 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Quezon National High School (QNHS) is a public secondary science high school located at Brgy. ... The Oblation UP Diliman, the flagship campus of the U.P. System UP Baguio UP Los Baños UP Manila UP Visayas in Miag-Ao This article is about the University of the Philippines System. ... A B.A. issused as a certificate Bachelor of Arts (B.A., BA or A.B.), from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus is an undergraduate bachelors degree awarded for either a course or a program in the liberal arts or the sciences, or both. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

Márquez-Benítez later became a teacher at the University of the Philippines, who taught short-story writing and had become an influential figure to many Filipino writers in the English language, such as Loreto-Paras Sulit, Paz M. Latorena, Arturo B. Rotor, Bienvenido N. Santos and Francisco Arcellana. The annually held Paz-Marquez Benitez Lectures in the Philippines honors her memory by focusing on the contribution of Filipino women writers to Philippine Literature in the English language.^[1][2] Bienvenido N. Santos (1911-1996) is a very important Filipino-American fictionist, poet and nonfiction writer. ... Francisco Arcellana - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The literature of the Philippines started with fables and legends of pre-colonial Philippines down to the Mexican(New Spain) and Spanish influences, but there was a pre-hispanical Writing System. ...

Though she only had one more published short story after “Dead Stars.”This of which is entitled "A Night In The Hills". Nevertheless, she made her mark in Philippine literature because her work is considered the first modern Philippine short story.^[1][2] This article is in need of attention. ...

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} The Paz Marquez-Benitez Memorial Lectures, Ateneo Library of Women's Writings, Admu.edu, date retrieved: 27 May 2007
2. ^ ^{a b c d} The Major Collections Filipino Writers in English: Paz Marquez-Benitez (1894-1983), Biography, Ateneo Library of Women's Writings, Admu.edu, retrieved on: June 17, 2007

Other sources and further readings

• Lichunan, Virginia Benitez. Paz Marquez Benitez: One Woman's Life, Letters, and Writings by Paz Marquez Benitez, Author Review by Helga E. Jacobson, The Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 57, No. 2 (May, 1998), pp. 612-613, JStor.org, 2007, retrieved on: June 17, 2007