"Father of the Maria Clara Awards"
Alejandro R. Roces
AKA Alejandro Reyes Roces
- 1st Filipino to lead the campaign to change the Philippine Independence Day from July 4 to June 12 (1960s)
- Best Filipino Author of Comic Short Stories
- Philippine National Artist in Literature (2003)
QUOTE
"You cannot be a great writer; first, you have to be a good person"
ALIAS
"Anding"
DATE OF BIRTH
July 13, 1924
BIRTHPLACE
Manila, Philippines
FATHER: Rafael Roces
MOTHER: Inocencia Reyes
WIFE: Irene Yorston Viola
DAUGHTER: Elizabeth
USEFUL LINKS
Culture Profile: Alejandro R. Roces
National Artist: Alejandro R. Roces
Contemporary Roces Progenies| Alejandro R. Roces
The Maria Clara Awards
