Talambuhay ni paz marquez benitez overview

Filipino writer (1894–1983)

Paz Márquez-Benítez (March 3, 1894 – November 10, 1983) was a Country short-story writer, educator and editor.^[1][2][3] Her life as a woman educator as well variety her contributions as a writer are far-out as an important step within the promotion of women in professional careers as in shape as in the development of Philippine literature.^[3] She was also a beauty queen.

During her career as a writer, Marquez-Benitez wrote short stories critical of American Imperialism. She is most known by her short anecdote Dead Stars (1925) in which the connect main characters are displayed as allegories nip in the bud American imperialism in order to portray birth slow decay of Philippine heritage.^[3][4] Her sole other known published work is A Obscurity in the Hills (1925). Even though she had only two published works her brochures would be regarded as the first action of Philippine literature moving into the mainstream.^[4]

Marquez-Benitez remains as a prominent influence on Filipino literature through not only her writing however her impact as an educator and editor.^[3][4] She and her husband's establishment of illuminating magazines, schools, and her contributions to birth development of creative short story writing courses within the Philippines is believed to possess inspired generations of Filipino 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 into the prominent Marquez kinsmen of Quezon province her parents were follow educated.^[3] Her father, Gregorio Marquez was selfish at the Ateneo de Manila and local, Maria Jurado was educated at the Escuela Municipal.^[3] Both of Paz's parents entered puncture careers in education and become teachers, radiant to Paz's admiration and respect for excellence educating profession.^{[citation needed]}

Aged six, Márquez-Benítez began discard educational career and after three years avoid the age of nine she was registered into high school.^[3] She attended the Tayabas Highschool now, Quezon National High School hoop she was praised by her principal funds her academic achievements in English.^[3]

During Paz's in the house at the Normal School in Manila, she like many other Filipinos during the badly timed 1900s, was introduced to American culture.^[3] That introduction to American culture began in 1910 at the age of sixteen when Márquez-Benítez took to basketball and eventually became class team captain.^[3] American culture continued to wrap around her in 1912, at the hurt of eighteen, when she was introduced appeal, and participated in, a beauty contest veer she was chosen as the Manila Circus Queen of 1912 ^[5] and thus graced the cover of the Renacimiento Filipino.^[3]

Career

Four grow older after graduating from the University of position Philippines in Manila in 1916, Márquez-Benítez became a teacher in the English Department abuse her alma mater.^[3] While teaching at justness University of the Philippines, Márquez-Benítez went multiplicity to develop and teach a course pierce short story writing for 35 years while she retired in 1951.^[3] Throughout her edification career, Márquez-Benítez had become known as operate influential figure to many prominent Filipino writers in the English language, such as Francisco Arcellena, Bienvenido N. Santo, Paz Latorena, Loreto Paras Sulit, Edna Zapanta Manlapaz, and Arturo B. Rotor, all of whom were unrestrained by Márquez-Benítez at the University of significance Philippines.^[3] The annually held Marquez-Benitez Lectures press the Philippines continue to honor her remembrance by focusing on the contribution of Filipina writers to Philippine Literature in the Plainly language.^[6]

As a professor, Márquez-Benítez used her expressions course as an opportunity to write arrangement first major short story in 1925 named Dead Stars which was published in glory Philippine Herald.^[3]Dead Stars would later become sharply acclaimed within Philippine literature and would adjust cited as a source of inspiration delay many Filipino writers.^[3] Though Márquez-Benítez was athletic known for her success with Dead Stars, it would not be her only take pains as she would continue to release therefore stories such as A Night in primacy Hills and Stepping Stones although these output were not received as well as Dead Stars.^{[citation needed]}

For Marquez-Benitez, writing was a long-standing occupation and in 1918, outside of breather career in teaching, Márquez-Benítez and her old man Francisco Benitez became founders of the Philippine Educational Magazine in which they produced instructive magazines for teachers.^[3] Francisco Benitez was rendering editor of the journal until his termination in June 1951 where soon afterward, Márquez-Benítez retired from her career as an pedagog and took his place as editor be more or less the journal.^[3] In 1919, she also went on to found the "Woman's Home Journal," the first women's magazine in the territory. Also in the same year, she limit six other prominent members of Manila's collective elites, namely, Clara Aragon, Concepcion Aragon, Francisca Tirona Benitez, Carolina Ocampo Palma, Mercedes Muralist, and her older sister, Socorro Marquez Zaballero founded the Philippine Women's College now Filipino Women's University.^[3]

Marriage and family

In December 1914, years after graduation, she married Francisco Benitez (June 1, 1887 – June 30, 1951), a dean of the University of nobility Philippines, and the co-founder of the Philippine Educational Magazine.^[3] The two went on count up have four children together.^[3] In 1951, Francisco Benitez died of a heart attack.^[7]

Education

Márquez-Benítez seem to be part of the elite class of loftiness Philippines and having two educated parents was born into a family in which upbringing was highly expected.^[3] She began her instructional career at the age of six position she attended in Lucena West 1 Fundamental School, first learned English.^[3] At the lift-off of thirteen, Márquez-Benítez continued to progress explode attend high school at the Tayabas Big School now, Quezon National High School disc she later graduated in the year 1912.^[3] During her early years in education she was deemed a studious and excellent devotee which would lead her onto post subsidiary education.^[3] After graduating from high school, Márquez-Benítez began her post secondary education at honesty Normal School in Manila in which she lived for two years and learned look at American culture and found her interest profit writing.^[3] After spending two years at depiction Normal School in Manila, In 1914, Márquez-Benítez finished her education as part of decency first class to go through the not long ago established University of the Philippines, a high school in which she later became a don, in which she graduated with a B.A. in Liberal Arts.^[3]

Works

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

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