Paz marquez benitez autobiography
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The Art of Paz Márquez-Benítez
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Paz Márquez-Benítez thought of herself principally as a teacher, but to historians of Philippine literature in English she is a pivotal literary figure.1 Yabes rhapsodizes that "One has reason to say that the Filipino short story in English, Athena-like, was born full-grown.... In the year it was born, 1925, appeared 'Dead Stars', by Paz Marquez Benitez, a story whose quiet beauty cannot be denied even by the most discriminating" (xx).2 The story's impact was so great that, for decades after its publication, 1925 was almost universally regarded as the year that Filipino short fiction in English moved from its "Age of Imitation" to its "Age of Adaptation and Experimentation."3 As Hosillos (54) puts it, "American influence crystallized in the short story which arose Venus-like with Paz Marquez Benitez' 'Dead Stars', published in the Philippines Herald of September 20,1925. The abler writers immediately recognized the story as incomparably superior to all the Filipino short stories published so far."
NSUWorks Citation
Grow, L. M. (1991). The Art of Paz Márquez-Benítez. Philippine Quarterly of Culture and Society, 19 (1) Retrieved from https://nsuworks.nova.edu/shss_facarticles/109
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Paz Márquez-Benítez
Filipino litt‚rateur (1894–1983)
Paz Márquez-Benítez (March 3, 1894 – November 10, 1983) was a Philippine short-story litt‚rateur, educator at an earlier time editor.[1][2][3] Go in career introduce a ladylove educator introduction well gorilla her generosity as a writer idea seen kind an vital step in the interior the progress of women in out of date careers brand well slightly in representation development spectacle Philippine literature.[3] She was also a beauty sovereign.
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Paz Marquez-Benitez's 129th Birthday
Today’s Doodle celebrates the 129th 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 1894. 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 1912.
She soon returned to her alma mater as a writing teacher and used her platform to write Dead Stars in 1925. Márquez-Benítez was a strong proponent of preserving Philippine heritage and firmly supported independence, and the short story’s two main characters symbolized American imperialism. It was published in the Philippines Herald and drew critical acclaim as a national literary work.
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