Loreto Paras-Sulit
Loreto Paras-Sulit | |
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| Born | December 10, 1908 Ermita, Manila, Philippine Islands |
| Died | April 23, 2008 (aged 99) |
| Occupation | writer |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Genre | Short story |
Loreto Paras-Sulit (December 10, 1908 – April 23, 2008) was a Filipino writer best known for her English-language short stories.
Biography
Paras-Sulit was born in
Jose Garcia Villa
. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in education, magna cum laude, in 1930.
Paras-Sulit would join the faculty of
Philippine National Red Cross, of which she served as secretary-general for several decades. While at the Red Cross, she shifted her focus to short stories for children, publishing several works of that variety at the Philippine Junior Red Cross Magazine.[1] She retired from public life after retiring from the Red Cross, dying in April, 2008 at the age of 99.[2]
Works
Paras-Sulit was considered at her productive peak during the period from 1927 to 1937. Her contemporary at the University of the Philippines, Jose Garcia Villa, was an admirer of her works,[3] and included several of her short stories in his annual honor roll of short fiction.[1] The novelist Juan Laya extolled her in 1951 as "one of the few remaining great pioneers of Philippine literature in English. Many of her stories remain unsurpassed in this day in sensitivity and depth of feeling."[1]
References
- ^ ISBN 971-10-0286-8.
- ^ Ian Rosales Casocot (2008-04-23). "Loreto Paras Sulit, 99". The Spy in the Sandwich. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
- ^ "Filipino Writers in English:Loreto Paras- Sulit". The Major Collections. Ateneo Library of Women's Writings. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
External links
- "Filipino Writers in English:Loreto Paras- Sulit". The Major Collections. Ateneo Library of Women's Writings. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
- Loreto Paras-Sulit (1930). "Harvest". The Best Philippine Short Stories. The RP Literature Group. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
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