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Estrella Alfon
Filipina author
Estrella Alfon | |
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| Born | (1917-05-27)May 27, 1917 Cebu, Philippine Islands |
| Died | December 27, 1983(1983-12-27) (aged 66) |
Estrella D. Alfon (May 27, 1917 – December 27, 1983) was a Filipina author who wrote in English. She held an AA degree from the University of the Philippines and was a member of the UP Writers Club.
Personal life
[edit]Estrella Alfon was born in Cebu City in 1917. Her parents were shopkeepers.[1] She attended college, studying medicine. After being mistakenly diagnosed with tuberculosis and sent to a sanitarium, she resigned from her pre-medical education, leaving with an Associate of Arts degree.
Alfon had several children: Alan Rivera, Esmeralda "Mimi" Rivera, Brian Alfon, Estrella "Twinkie" Alfon, and Rita "Daday" Alfon (deceased). She had ten grandchildren.[citation needed] Her youngest daughter was a stewardess for Saudi Arabian Airlines, and was part of the Flight 163 crew on
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Reclaiming Estrella Alfon: Magnificent Pioneer Woman
It was Estrella who emancipated me, who liberated me…I used to be a very uptight, closed person.—Francisco Arcellana (Fernandez and Alegre, Writers and Their Milieu, 1987; 2017)
Estrella Alfon was perhaps, for many years, one of the most compelling figures in Philippine Literature. Kerima Polotan Tuvera lauded her “as the prolific writer of the prewar period.”
Alfon was the only female member of the Veronicans, a group of 13 avant-garde writers of the 1930s who rebelled against traditional forms and themes in Philippine literature. She was regarded as their muse.
Armed with an Associate in Arts from the University of the Philippines (UP), she was the only one who lacked academic training, “yet she earned an enviable reputation,” said literary scholar Edna Zapanta Manlapaz in her essay “Literature in English by Filipino Women (Feminist Studies, Spring 2000).
Celebrated as a fictionist, playwright, journalist, and public rela
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Estrella Alfon was born in San Nicolas, Cebu City on March 27, 1917. She went to medical school to finish her medicinal studies but when she was misdiagnosed for having tuberculosis, she had to withdraw from her studies. She finished her education with a degree in Associate of Arts instead.
She became the first and only female member of the Veronicans, a group of writers in the 1930s, prior to the Second World War, led bygd Francisco Arceuana and H.R. Ocampo. They were recognized as the first group of Filipino writers who wrote almost exclusively in English. She was named the most prolific Filipina writer prior to World War II.
Estrella Alfon’s first story was “Grey Confetti” which was published in 1935. One of her stories, Fairy Tale for the City, was condemned by the catholic League of the Philippines for its being obscene. When she was brought to court for the trial, some of her fellow writers stood by her but some did not and that hurt her deeply.
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