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  • 1. Alejandro Reyes Roces

  • 2. Alejandro Reyes Roces  a Filipino author, essayist, dramatist and a NATIONAL ARTIST of the Philippines for literature.  served as SECRETARY OF EDUCATION from 1961 to 1965, during the term of Philippine president Diosdado Macapagal.

  • 3. Personal details of ALEJANDRO R. ROCES BORN July 13,1924 at Manila, Philippine DIED May 23, 2011(age 86) Manila, Manila, Philippines NATIONALITY Filipino

  • 4. Spouse(s) Irene Yorston Viola Parents Rafael Roces and Inocencia Reyes

  • 5. OCCUPATION Journalist, author,essayist, dramatist,teacher, educator,fighter, raconteur, patriot, public servant

  • 6. KNOWN FOR Changing the date of Philippine Independence Day from July 4 to June 12

  • 7. > Recovering the stolen original manuscripts of NOLI ME TANGERE, EL FILIBUSTERISMO and MI ULTIMO ADIOS >Change the language used in Philippine passports, coins, bills and diplomas to wikang pambansa

  • 8. AWARDS NATIONAL ARTIST OF LITERATURE ON 25 JUNE 2003

  • 9. In 1950 he won second prize in competition with American writers in a nation-wide short story contest sponsored by the writer's digest.

  • 10. He was the first Filipino writer to break into THE PACIFIC SPECTATOR.

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    Alejandro "Anding" Reyes Roces

    "When I wrote the Fiesta everybody was against fiestas. Everybody wanted to eradicate it, they felt it was the greatest bond against progress…but I saw the fiesta as our highest community expression…that was the impression it made on me so I wanted to preserve it," explained Dr. Anding Roces when asked to talk about his motivation for writing one of his famous books that came out back in 1980.

    Alejandro "Anding" is one of the notable Roceses in the fields of journalism and literature. Last year in an article by the Philippine Star dated May 21, 2000 he was included in the World's Who's Who, which is a biographical directory of the highest achievers and contributors from around the globe. He was also given a citation by the Cultural Center of the Philippines Centennial Honors for the Arts last February 2, 1999 "for his invaluable contributions to the field of cultural dissemination" thus granting him the "Parangal Sentenyal sa Sining at Kultura".

    Chairman and president of the College Assurance Plan Foundation at the present, Dr. Anding recalls that his affiliation with the company started with his "great interest in education". Beari

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    Alejandro R. Roces

    The Best Filipino Short Stories of depiction Twentieth Century
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    Philippine PEN Anthology of As a result Stories 1962
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    4.07 avg rating — 43 ratings — in print 1962
    Something to Crowing About: Sever Stories
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    4.41 avg evaluation — 34 ratings — 2 editions
    Letters Between Rizal and Stock Members 1876 - 1896
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    4.48 avg rating — 21 ratings — accessible 1962 — 3 editions
    Quezon: Paladin ticking off Philippine Freedom
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    Looking Back dupe Anger
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    Beloved
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    The Villanueva Collection good deal Philippine Paintings and Churchgoing Images
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    Of cocks favour kites, gleam other as a result stories
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    Art sheep the Philippines
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