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Florentino D. Tecson
Name: Florentino D. Tecson Pseudonym(s): D’ Ville, Victor Kutsero, F.D.T, F. Loretino, Victor Florentin, Tinoy-od Date of Birth: March 16, 1906 Place of Birth: Naga, Cebu BIOGRAPHY Florentino Tecson, former councilor of Naga and vice mayor of Cebu, was born in Naga, Cebu on March 16, 1906. Tecson used the names D’ Ville, Victor Kutsero, […]
Florentino Suico
Name: Florentino Suico Pseudonym(s): Ocuis Oniternolf Date of Birth: March 14, 1902 Place of Birth: Banilad, Mandaue BIOGRAPHY Mandauehanon Florentino Suico was born on March 14, 1902. He started pitching poems, stories, and articles to various periodicals at the age of 21. He has written 30 poems, 40 short stories, and 3 novels. Bag-ong Kusog […]
Flaviano Boquecosa
Name: Flaviano P. Boquecosa Pseudonym(s): F. Bok Place of Birth: Dumanjug, Cebu BIOGRAPHY Well known to readers as F. Bok, Flaviano P. Boquecosa was born in Dumanjug, Cebu. He took up an Associated in Arts degree at Cebu Junior College. While studying law at the Visayan Institute, he taught in its secondary department. He started […]
Estrella Alfon
Biography Estrella Alfon was born in San Nicolas, Cebu City on March 27, 1917. She went to medical school but when she was misdiagnosed for having tuberculosis, she withdrew from her studies. She obtained an Associate of Arts degree instead. Alfon became the first and only female member of the Veronicans (a group of writers […]
Escolastico Morre
Name: Escolastico Morre Pseudonym(s): Errome, Dimas Upak Date of Birth: February 10, 1887 Place of Birth: Compostela, Cebu BIOGRAPHY Escolastico Moree, also known as Errome and Dimas Upak, was born February 10, 1888. Morre studied at the Colegio de San Carlos. He was editor of Ang Suga and wrote poems for the periodical during the […]
Concepcion Briones
Biography Concepcion Briones was born in the oldest district of Cebu, the Parian. She married to a civil engineer with whom she had 13 children. Mrs. Briones, fondly called “Conching,” was a dedicated writer. She wrote “Life in the Old Parian” and “City of Cebu” and other journalistic works, which placed Cebu City’s image in […]
Candido V. Vasquez
Biography Candido Vasquez was a writer during the Pre-War era of Cebu. He wrote poems, essays, novels, and other forms of articles from 1922 to 1923 for Ang Sugbuanon, a Cebuano newspaper which had previously existed in Cebu. His topics for his articles range from unrequited love, success, nationalism, freedom to youth activism. List of […]
Angel L. Enemecio
Name: Angel L. Enemecio Pseudonym(s): Ale, Angel, Del Cielo, Honest Ale, Emperor Ale Sharde Date of Birth: 1899 Place of Birth: Baybay, Leyte BIOGRAPHY A native of Baybay, Leyte Angel L. Enemecio was born in 1899. At the age of 16, he already started writing and continued later on with pen names Ale, Angel, Del […]
Amando Osorio
Biography Amando Osorio was from the native town of Dalaguete, Cebu. He was born on Feb. 6, 1890 and was the son of Ricardo Osorio and Filomena Navarrete. He studied in Dalaguete, Argao, and in Cebu High School, and the Philippine School of Arts and Trades where he graduated with certificate of Proficiency. He continued […]
Marcelino “Marcel” M. Navarra
Name: Marcelino M. Navarra Pseudonym(s): Marcel Navarra Date of Birth: June 2, 1914 Place of Birth: Tuyom, Carcar, Cebu BIOGRAPHY The career of Carcar native Marcelino Navarra, “Father of the Modern Cebuano Short Story,” covered three decades of active writing. He wrote poems and short stories with his pen name Marcel Navarra. He also worked […]