What is a biography of Paz M Latorena?

Answer 1

Paz M. Latorena was a prominent Filipina writer known for her works in English literature during the early 20th century. She was best known for her short stories that focused on Filipino women and their struggles in society. Her writing often explored themes of feminism, gender roles, and social inequalities.

Answer 2

She was one of the foremost writers of the first generation of Filipino English writers. She was the oldest of 10 children. She received both a masters degree and a doctorate degree. She was a poet, editor, author, and teacher.

Answer 3

Paz Latorena, the youngest among the four children of Florencia Manguera and Valentin Latorena, was born on Jan. 19, 1908 in Boac, Marinduque. She finished basic schooling at St. Scholastica's College in Manila and the Manila South High School (now the Araullo High School). In 1926, she took up Education at the University of the Philippines (UP) in Manila where she also attended a short story writing class under a key figure in Filipino literature in English, Paz Marquez Benitez of "Dead Stars" fame.

In 1927, Latorena received an invitation from Benitez to write a column for the Philippines Herald Magazine, of which Benitez was the literary editor. That same year, Latorena, along with other campus writers, founded the UP Writers' Club. The Literary Apprentice, the UP Writers' Club's publication, then ran a short story by Latorena, "A Christmas Tale."

Latorena also wrote poetry under the pseudonym, Mina Lys, which, according to Tanlayco, had a "romantic significance," for the then young writer.

Before the year ended, the Marinduque native won the third prize in Jose Garcia Villa's Roll of Honor for the Best Stories of 1927 for her story, "The Small Key."

For her final year of college in 1927, Latorena transferred to UST to finish her Education degree. She became the literary editor of the Varsitarian and published her poems, "Insight" and "My Last Song," under her nom de plume Mina Lys.

She shortly earned her master's and doctorate degree while teaching literature courses in UST. In 1934, her doctoral dissertation, "Philippine Literature in English: Old Voices and New," received the highest rating of sobresaliente.

Latorena's former students are now giants in Philippine letters: F. Sionil Jose, Nita Umali, Genoveva Edroza Matute, Zeneida Amador, Ophelia Dimalanta and Alice Colet-Villadolid, to name a few.

"She was a delight to listen to and was one of the writers of the most beautiful short stories in her period," F. Sionil Jose said of Latorena in a video presentation.

"We explored the characters of Shakespeare's stories. She was a formidable presence. We waited for the words of wisdom to fall from her lips and we were never the same after that," Luisa Zumel, a student who was eventually inspired to be a teacher herself, said in an open forum.

In 1943, Latorena authored her last story, "Miguel Comes Home." She died a decade later, on October 19, 1953, of cerebral hemorrhage.

Answer 4

She is one of the famous female writer in the Philippines..

Answer 5

Paz Marquez-Benitez: One Woman's Life, Letters, and Writings is her biography. It was written by her daughter Virginia Benitez-Licuanan in 1995.

Answer 6

The life story of Paz Latorena states that she as a poet, teacher, editor, and author. She was one of the foremost writers of the first generation of Filipino English writers.

Answer 7

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