Alejandro R. Roces or Ading Roces was born on July 13, 1924 and He died last May 23 2011. He was married to Irene Yorston Viola and they have a daughter named Elizabeth Roces-Pedrosa. He is a Filipino author, essayist, dramatist and a National Artist of the Philippines for literature. He served as Secretary of Education from 1961 to 1965, during the term of Diosdado Macapagal our former president.
Alejandro R. Roces attended his elementary and highschool at the Ateneo de Manila Unversity, and then Arizona State University for his tertiary education. He graduated with a B.A. in Fine Arts and, not long after, attained hi M.A. form Far Eastern University. He received honorary doctorates from Tokyo University. Baguio's St. Louis University, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, and the Ateneo de Manila University.
During his french year in Arizona State University, He won Best Short Story for " We Filipinos are Mild Drinkers". Another of his story, " My Brother's Peculiar Chicken" was listed as Martha Foley's Best American Stories. Alejandro R. Roces published books too such as "Of Cocks and Kite" (1959),
"Fiesta" (1980) and "Something to Crow About" (2005). His book "Of Cocks and Kite"earned hima reputation as the country's best writer of humorous stories.
Through the years, Roces has won numerous awards, including the Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan Award, the Diwa ng Lahi Award, the Tanging Parangal of the Gawad CCP para sa Sining, and the Rizal Pro Partia Award. He was finally bestowed the honor as National Artist of Literature on the 25th of June 2003. When he was once asked for a piece of advice on becoming a famous literary figure he said, "You cannot be a great writer, first, you have to be a great person".
Resource: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Roces
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