Search results
Alejandro Reyes Roces (13 July 1924 – 23 May 2011) was a Filipino author, essayist, dramatist and a National Artist of the Philippines for literature. He served as Secretary of Education from 1962 to 1965, during the term of Philippine President Diosdado Macapagal .
Si Alejandro Roces, Sr. ay isang tanyag na tagapaglathala sa Pilipinas. Itinuturing siya bilang “Ama ng Makabagong Pagpapahayag sa Pilipinas.” Anak niya si Ramon Roces na siya namang naglunsad ng mga magasing Liwayway , Bannawag , Hiligaynon , at Bisaya .
Aug 26, 2014 · Today, Aug. 26, is the 139th birth anniversary of the Father of Philippine Journalism, Alejandro Roces Sr. Born in Manila in 1875, Roces was the first Filipino publisher to regard newspaper publishing as a serious business. He proved he was ahead of his time when in 1917, he gave international news agencies access to his newspapers.
Jul 14, 2022 · Alejandro R. Roces was an essayist, and the country’s best writer of comic short stories. He focused on the neglected aspects of Filipino cultural heritage. He brought to public attention the aesthetics of the country’s fiestas and helped popularize several local fiestas.
Alejandro R. Roces was, very simply, a freedom fighter. Although he actually bore arms as a guerrilla captain during the Japanese occupation, his main battlefield was the hearts and minds of...
Roces was a chairman of the Board of Trustees at Colegio San Agustin and the Board of Regents at Pamantasan ng Lungsond ng Maynila. Also he was a chairman of College Assurance Plan Foundation and president of Bagong Katipunan Foundation.
May 25, 2011 · MANILA, Philippines—Until he died of pneumonia on Monday, National Artist for Literature Alejandro R. Roces, 86, was the country’s best humorist and expert on the fiesta as a unique manifestation of Philippine culture and heritage. ADVERTISEMENT.
