Fiesta of Moalboal, Cebu Fiesta of San Remigio, Cebu 1565 Miguel Lopez de Legazpi issues a proclamation in Cebu prohibiting the opening and looting of native graves and burial places. This follows reports of the Spanish soldiers’ desecration of graves for the gold ornaments, porcelain ware, and other valuables buried with the dead in accordance […]
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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 […]
Call for Applications: Subaybaktas Literary History Training Workshop 2015
For some decades now, there has been a rise in interest in regional writers and regional writing. Some writers have found a new reading audience after a period of cultural and historiographical neglect. However, knowledge of the works of regional writers varies greatly with the resources that are available to assess their historical significance. Because […]
NCCA and USC Cebuano Studies Center launch The Other(ed) Woman
The USC Cebuano Studies Center under the sponsorship of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts will launch the Hope Sabanpan-Yu’s The Other(ed) Woman, an anthology of critical essays on Friday, 27 June, at the Ayala Activity Center Cebu at six-thirty in the evening. The essays in this collection offer the reader diverse portrayals […]
30th Cornelio Faigao Annual Writers Workshop
The USC Cebuano Studies Center with the support of the National Commission for Culture and Arts held the 30th Cornelio Faigao Memorial Annual Writers Workshop last June 6-8, 2014 at the Hale Manna Resort, Moalboal, Cebu. The workshop was graced with fifteen (15) fellows. Coming from Manila are Stefanie Lim and Francis Luis Torres (short story […]