BIOGRAPHY OF LUALHATI TORRES BAUTISTA

Lualhati Torres Bautista is one of the foremost Filipino female novelist in the history
of Contemporary Philippine Literature. Lualhati Bautista was born in Tondo, Manila, Philippines
on December 2,1945 to Esteban Bautista and Gloria Torres. She graduated from Emilio Jacinto
Elem. School in 1958, and from Torres High School in 1962. She was a journalism student at
the Lyceum of the Philippines, but dropped out even before she finished her freshman year.

Despite a lack of formal training, Batista as the writer became known for her honest relism,
courageous exploration of Philippine women’s issues, and her compelling female protagonist,
who confront difficult situations at home and in the workplace with uncommon grit and strength.

Being a novelist, she is also a movie and television scriptwriter, and a short story writer.

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 Works

 Books
 Bulaklak sa City Jail
 Dekada ’70
 Bata, Bata… Pa’no Ka Ginawa ?
 ‘GAPÔ
 Sixty in the City
 In Sisterhood

 Novelletes
 Sila At Ang Gabi: Isang Buong Laot at Kalahati ng Daigdig (1994)
 Ang Babae sa Basag na Salamin (1994)
 Araw ng mga Puso
 Apat Na Screenplay
 Ang Kabilang Panig ng Bakod
 Hugot sa Sinapupunan
 Desisyon
 Sumakay tayo sa buwan

 Short story collection

 Buwan, Buwan, Hulugan Mo Ako ng Sundang: Dalawang Dekada ng Maiikling Kuwento
 Desaparesidos

 Screenplay
 Sakada (co-writer)
 Kung Mahawi Man ang Ulap
 Bulaklak sa City Jail
 Kadenang Bulaklak
 The Maricris Sioson Story
 Nena

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 Bata, Bata… Pa’no Ka Ginawa?: The Screenplay
 Dekada ’70
 Ang Tondo at May Langit din – Khonde
 Gusto Ko Bang Lumigaya “Screenplay”
 Sex Object
 Isang Kabanata sa Libro ng Buhay ni Leilani Cruzaldo (Television drama)
 Television Scripts
 Dear Teacher (co-writer)
 Daga sa Timba ng Tubig
 Mama
 Pira-pirasong Pangarap
 Desaparesidos (1998)

Awards

 Books
 Philippine’s Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature
 Surian ng Wikang Pambansa (1987)

 Screenplay
 Metro Manila Film Festival
 Film Academy Awards
 Star Awards
 FAMAS
 Urian Awards

Also her two short stories won the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature. And she
is known for her outstanding and award winning novels. All of these won the grand prize in the
Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature.

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 BIOGRAPHY OF GENOVEVA EDROZA MATUTE

Genoveva Matute was born on the 3rd of January in 1915. Little is known about her parents or
her childhood and there are not many known details about her life until her career as a college
student. She attended the University of Santo Tomas to obtain her college degree. She graduated
from University of Santo Tomas and she subsequently became a teacher of academics. She
worked in this profession for a duration of 46 years. In the year 1980, she retired from her career
as a teacher. By the time she retired, she had become head of the Philippine Normal College

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under the Department of Filipino. During her time at this university she had also become the
Dean of Instruction.

Academic and Writing Career

Genoveva Edroza Matute career included several literary works that helped her to become
well known:

 During her time as a teacher, Matute authored a number of short stories. All of the short
stories that she wrote were in the native language of the Philippines, Tagalog. She is best
known in Philippine history for these short stories.
 To this day her most popular short story is Kuwento ni Mabuti. This short story is said to
be the most anthologized short story in the native Philippine Tagalog language.
 She was so talented an author that she had the honor of receiving four Palanca Awards for
her creative work during her lifetime. Matute won first prize for her short stories on three
different occasions.
o The first prize she was awarded was in 1951 for her short story entitled Kuwento ni
Mabuti.
o The second first prize she was awarded was for her short story Paglalayag sa Puso ng
Isang Bata.
o The third first prize that acknowledged her work as an author was for her short story
entitled Parusa, which she was awarded in 1961.
 Her greatest award was bestowed upon her in the year 2005. At this time, she received
recognition for her work by the President of the Philippines, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The
award was to recognize her creativeness and the contributions she made as an author
throughout her lifetime.

Personal Life and Death

Of course, there is more to the biography of Genoveva Edroza Matute than just her birth and
career:

 Genoveva Matute married one time in her lifetime. Her husband was Epifano Gar.
Matute, who was best known for his role in the creation of the Filipino radio program
Kuwentong Kutsero. The radio program was created by her husband and grew in popularity
throughout the 1950s.
 In addition to the short stories that she wrote, Genoveva also wrote plays and productions
to air on the radio during the time when this radio show was popular.

Matute died on March 21, 2009 at the age of 94. She died in her own bedroom in the city of
Cubao in the Philippines. The specifics of her death remain unknown.

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