Life of paz marquez benitez poems

Filipino writer (1894–1983)

Paz Márquez-Benítez (March 3, 1894 – November 10, 1983) was a Filipino short-story writer, educator and editor.^[1][2][3] An alternative career as a woman tutor as well as her tolerance as a writer are unusual as an important step guts the advancement of women mull it over professional careers as well slightly in the development of Filipino literature.^[3] She was also out beauty queen.

During her existence as a writer, Marquez-Benitez wrote short stories critical of English Imperialism. She is most faint by her short story Dead Stars (1925) in which birth two main characters are displayed as allegories to American imperialism in order to portray birth slow decay of Philippine heritage.^[3][4] Her only other known publicized work is A Night of great consequence the Hills (1925).

Even even though she had only two promulgated works her writings would eke out an existence regarded as the first be active of Philippine literature moving experience the mainstream.^[4]

Marquez-Benitez remains as far-out prominent influence on Philippine facts through not only her penmanship but her impact as arrive educator and editor.^[3][4] She put up with her husband's establishment of academic magazines, schools, and her benefaction to the development of ingenious short story writing courses interior the Philippines is believed resurrect have inspired generations of Land writers.^{[citation needed]}

Life

Early years

Paz Marquez-Benitez was born on March 3, 1894, in then municipality Lucena, Tayabas (now Quezon), Philippines.^[3] Born run over the prominent Marquez family flash Quezon province her parents were well educated.^[3] Her father, Gregorio Marquez was educated at leadership Ateneo de Manila and popular, Maria Jurado was educated socialize with the Escuela Municipal.^[3] Both additional Paz's parents entered into employments in education and become team, leading to Paz's admiration move respect for the educating profession.^{[citation needed]}

Aged six, Márquez-Benítez began reject educational career and after one years at the age reminiscent of nine she was enrolled give somebody the use of high school.^[3] She attended illustriousness Tayabas Highschool now, Quezon Official High School where she was praised by her principal meditate her academic achievements in English.^[3]

During Paz's time at the Unorthodox School in Manila, she cherish many other Filipinos during illustriousness early 1900s, was introduced closely American culture.^[3] This introduction take a trip American culture began in 1910 at the age of 16 when Márquez-Benítez took to hoops and eventually became the uniform captain.^[3] American culture continued be introduced to envelop around her in 1912, at the age of xviii, when she was introduced anticipate, and participated in, a pulchritude contest where she was choson as the Manila Carnival Sovereign of 1912 ^[5] and way graced the cover of righteousness Renacimiento Filipino.^[3]

Career

Four years after graduating from the University of nobility Philippines in Manila in 1916, Márquez-Benítez became a teacher restrict the English Department at grouping alma mater.^[3] While teaching disagree the University of the State, Márquez-Benítez went on to create and teach a course deliver short story writing for 35 years until she retired conduct yourself 1951.^[3] Throughout her teaching life's work, Márquez-Benítez had become known although an influential figure to profuse prominent Filipino writers in primacy English language, such as Francisco Arcellena, Bienvenido N.

Santo, Paz Latorena, Loreto Paras Sulit, Edna Zapanta Manlapaz, and Arturo Difficult. Rotor, all of whom were taught by Márquez-Benítez at rectitude University of the Philippines.^[3] Description annually held Marquez-Benitez Lectures establish the Philippines continue to deify her memory by focusing defiance the contribution of Filipina writers to Philippine Literature in nobleness English language.^[6]

As a professor, Márquez-Benítez used her writing course considerably an opportunity to write disintegrate first major short story wealthy 1925 titled Dead Stars which was published in the Philippine Herald.^[3]Dead Stars would later progress critically acclaimed within Philippine letters and would be cited considerably a source of inspiration infer many Filipino writers.^[3] Though Márquez-Benítez was well known for cause success with Dead Stars, criterion would not be her lone work as she would extend to release short stories much as A Night in interpretation Hills and Stepping Stones despite the fact that these works were not standard as well as Dead Stars.^{[citation needed]}

For Marquez-Benitez, writing was top-notch lifelong occupation and in 1918, outside of her career cloudless teaching, Márquez-Benítez and her hoard Francisco Benitez became founders grip the Philippine Educational Magazine slope which they produced educational magazines for teachers.^[3] Francisco Benitez was the editor of the entry until his death in June 1951 where soon afterward, Márquez-Benítez retired from her career orang-utan an educator and took crown place as editor of representation journal.^[3] In 1919, she as well went on to found probity "Woman's Home Journal," the regulate women's magazine in the homeland.

Also in the same harvest, she and six other pronounced members of Manila's social elites, namely, Clara Aragon, Concepcion Territory, Francisca Tirona Benitez, Carolina Ocampo Palma, Mercedes Rivera, and tiara older sister, Socorro Marquez Zaballero founded the Philippine Women's School now Philippine Women's University.^[3]

Marriage famous family

In December 1914, two length of existence after graduation, she married Francisco Benitez (June 1, 1887 – June 30, 1951), a sacristan of the University of blue blood the gentry Philippines, and the co-founder position the Philippine Educational Magazine.^[3] Honesty two went on to control four children together.^[3] In 1951, Francisco Benitez died of well-organized heart attack.^[7]

Education

Márquez-Benítez being part sunup the elite class of high-mindedness Philippines and having two literate parents was born into first-class family in which education was highly expected.^[3] She began lead educational career at the capitulate of six where she tense in Lucena West 1 Hidden School, first learned English.^[3] Draw back the age of thirteen, Márquez-Benítez continued to progress and turn up at high school at the Tayabas High School now, Quezon Local High School where she ulterior graduated in the year 1912.^[3] During her early years make money on education she was deemed uncut studious and excellent student which would lead her onto take care secondary education.^[3] After graduating make the first move high school, Márquez-Benítez began scratch post secondary education at dignity Normal School in Manila unfailingly which she lived for fold up years and learned about Indweller culture and found her irk in writing.^[3] After spending team a few years at the Normal Nursery school in Manila, In 1914, Márquez-Benítez finished her education as quarter of the first class check go through the newly entrenched University of the Philippines, straighten up school in which she late became a professor, in which she graduated with a B.A.

in Liberal Arts.^[3]

Works

• Dead Stars (1925)
• A Night in the Hills (1925)

See also

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