Genoveva edroza matute

GENOVEVA EDROZA-MATUTE :

A BIOGRAPHY`

Outlined by : Ms. April Camille H. Gonza

GENOVEVA Was born on the 3rd of January, 1915

A daughter of Anastacio Edroza and Maria Magdalena Dizon

Married at age 39 to writer Epifanio Matute

She loved children but wasn't blessed to have even one

A very good fictionist and essayist

Institutions Attended :

Manila North (now Arellano) High School

Philippine Normal School (PNS)

Philippine Normal College (PNC)

University of Santo Tomas

Her Career : The Path Taken

A devoted educator and spent many years as head of the Philippine Normal University’s Department of Filipino

She taught for 46 years

Retired as the Dean of Instruction on the said University and had become the head of PNC under the Department of Filipino in the year 1980

Genoveva : A Writer

“Ang Kanilang Mga Sugat” – her first novel and in

1995 Anvil Publishing released the title and saw it fit for ALIWW ( Alumna Award for Writing) to keep the typescript draft of her masterpice

Her Short Stories

“ Leave-taking” and “The Land of the Bitter”- the emotionally powerful works

published in the Manila Sunday Magazine and the Manila Post Monthly

“Walong Taong Gulang” (Eight Years Old) and “Noche Buena” (Christmas Midnight Celebration)

- display her sensitive understanding of a child’s psyche

“Kwento ni Mabuti” (The Story of Good)- the character story,  said

to be the most anthologized short story in the native Philippine Tagalog language

“..iyon lamang nakararanas ng mga lihim na kalungkutan ang maaaring makakilala ng mga lihim na kaligayahan..”

“Ako’y Isang Tinig”- an anthology of short stories and

essays, published in 1952

“Piling mga Maiikling Kwento 1939-1992”(Selected Short Stories 1939-1992)

“Sa Anino ng Edsa at Iba pang Mga Kwento”

(In the Shadow of EDSA and Other Stories)

“Tinig ng Damdamin” (Voice of Feeling)

- published in 1992

Works to Illustrate Moral Values :

“Mga Pagpapahalagang Pilipino sa Mga Akda: Mga Kuwento, Mga Sanaysay, Mga Dula” (Philippine Values in the Works: Stories, Essays, Plays)

- made together with her husband and was published in the year 1992

Produced Textbooks (4 as a sole author; 25 as co-author) and other Articles“Piling Maikling Katha ng Huling 50 Taon”

(Selected Short Stories of the Past 50 Years)“15 Piling Sanaysay” (15 Selected Essays)“Bagong Edisyon ng Panitikan sa Pilipinas”

(The New Edition of Philippine Literature- with Jose Villa Panganiban and

Jose Torres Panganiban“Pilipino sa Bagong Panahon” (Filipino in a

New Era)- with Paz Belvez and Corazon Kabigting

Recognitions :Won 5 awards from the Don

Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature for her

Short Stories

“Kuwento ni Mabuti” – first prize in 1951

“Pagbabalik” (Homecoming) – third prize in 1952

“Paglalayag sa Puso ng Isang Bata” (Journey Through a Child’s Heart) – first prize in 1955

“Parusa” (Punishment) – first prize in 1961

Awards :Outstanding PNS-PNC Alumna Award for

writing, 1966Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan Award from

city government of Manila, 1967Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas for

Tagalog Fiction from the Unyon ng mg Manunulat ng Pilipinas (UMPIL), 1988

Gawad CCP Para sa Sining, 1992“for her valuable contributions in elevating the standards of the Tagalog short story and in forging a national identity through the active promotion of Filipino”

Great Writer gets old as her writings became gold :

By the time she started to get weak, three of her nieces alternatively took care of her on their decided schedule. Still grandchildren and great grandchildren continued to visit her as well as the people from the Press for interviews and researches.

On March 21, 2009, one of her nieces, a known English teacher, Teresita Bobis, planned to celebrate her birthday at her house and gather the side of the family to have another family bonding.

All were ready except the Great Writer who was in deep sleep in the afternoon. When Teresita woke her up to change her clothes before her visitors arrive, it was found out that the Great Writer was not only in deep sleep, but was already resting in peace

Genoveva Edrozo-Matute died on March 21, 2009 at the age of 94. She died in her own bedroom in the city of Cubao in the Philippines. The specifics of her death remain unknown.

BUT..

Her works and contributions will live forever and Filipinos will forever be thankful for a Great Writer of our race.

“Good men die, but their names never die.”

An interview was made with Genoveva Edroza-Matute (2001) :

Q: Ano po masasabi ninyo sa mga kabataan ngayong henerasyon?

A: “Walang ibang magmamahal sa bayan kundi kayo."

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M.L. Maniquis