GENOVEVA EDROZA-MATUTE :

A BIOGRAPHY
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Outlined by : Ms. April Camille H. Gonza

GENOVEVA

Was born on the 3rd of January, 1915

A daughter of Anastacio Edroza and Maria Magdalena

Dizon
Married at age 39 to writer Epifanio Matute
She loved children but wasn't blessed to have even one
A very good fictionist and essayist

Institutions Attended :
Manila North (now Arellano) High School
Philippine Normal School (PNS)
Philippine Normal College (PNC)
University of Santo Tomas

Her Career : The Path Taken

A devoted educator and spent many years as head of the
Philippine Normal Universitys Department of Filipino
She taught for 46 years
Retired as the Dean of Instruction on the said
University and had become the head of PNC under the
Department of Filipino in the year 1980

Genoveva : A Writer
Ang Kanilang Mga Sugat
her first novel and in 1995
Anvil Publishing released the title and
saw it fit for ALIWW ( Alumna Award
for Writing) to keep the typescript
draft of her masterpice

Her Short Stories

Leave-taking and The Land of the Bitter
- the emotionally powerful works published in
the Manila Sunday Magazine and the Manila Post
Monthly
Walong Taong Gulang (Eight Years Old) and
Noche Buena (Christmas Midnight Celebration)
- display her sensitive understanding of a
childs psyche

 Kwento ni Mabuti (The Story of Good)

- the character story, said to be the
most anthologized short story in the native
Philippine Tagalog language
..iyon lamang nakararanas ng mga lihim na
kalungkutan ang maaaring makakilala ng mga lihim na
kaligayahan..
Akoy Isang Tinig
- an anthology of short stories and
essays, published in 1952

 Piling mga Maiikling Kwento 1939-1992

(Selected Short Stories 1939-1992)
Sa Anino ng Edsa at Iba pang Mga Kwento
(In the Shadow of EDSA and Other Stories)
Tinig ng Damdamin (Voice of Feeling)
- published in 1992

Works to Illustrate Moral Values :

Mga Pagpapahalagang Pilipino sa Mga
Akda: Mga Kuwento, Mga Sanaysay,
Mga Dula (Philippine Values in the
Works: Stories, Essays, Plays)
- made together with her
husband and was published in the year
1992

Produced Textbooks (4 as a sole author;

25 as co-author) and other Articles
Piling Maikling Katha ng Huling 50 Taon
(Selected Short Stories of the Past 50 Years)
15 Piling Sanaysay (15 Selected Essays)
Bagong Edisyon ng Panitikan sa Pilipinas (The
New Edition of Philippine Literature
- with Jose Villa Panganiban and Jose
Torres Panganiban
Pilipino sa Bagong Panahon (Filipino in a New Era)
with Paz Belvez and Corazon Kabigting

Recognitions :
Won 5 awards from the Don
Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards
for Literature for her Short
Stories

 Kuwento ni Mabuti first prize in 1951

Pagbabalik (Homecoming) third prize in
1952
Paglalayag sa Puso ng Isang Bata (Journey
Through a Childs Heart) first prize in
1955
Parusa (Punishment) first prize in 1961

Awards :
Outstanding PNS-PNC Alumna Award for writing,
1966
Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan Award from city
government of Manila, 1967
Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas for Tagalog
Fiction from the Unyon ng mg Manunulat ng
Pilipinas (UMPIL), 1988
Gawad CCP Para sa Sining, 1992
for her valuable contributions in elevating the
standards of the Tagalog short story and in
forging a national identity through the active
promotion of Filipino

Great Writer gets old as her

writings became gold :
By the time she started to get weak, three
of her nieces alternatively took care of
her on their decided schedule. Still
grandchildren and great grandchildren
continued to visit her as well as the people
from the Press for interviews and
researches.

On March 21, 2009, one of her

nieces, a known English teacher,
Teresita Bobis, planned to celebrate
her birthday at her house and gather
the side of the family to have
another family bonding.

All were ready except the Great

Writer who was in deep sleep in the
afternoon. When Teresita woke her
up to change her clothes before her
visitors arrive, it was found out that
the Great Writer was not only in deep
sleep, but was already resting in
peace

Genoveva Edrozo-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.
BUT..

Her works and contributions will live

forever and Filipinos will forever be
thankful for a Great Writer of our race.
Good men die, but their names
never die.

An interview was made with Genoveva

Edroza-Matute (2001) :
Q: Ano po masasabi ninyo sa mga
kabataan ngayong henerasyon?
A: Walang ibang magmamahal sa bayan
kundi kayo."

References:

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M.L. Maniquis