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{{Infobox politician | name = Alejandro Roces | image = A.Roces.png | caption = | office = Chairman of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board | term_start = March 23, 2001 | term_end = 2002 | predecessor = Nicanor Tiongson | successor = Marilen Ysmael-Dinglasan | office2 = Secretary of Education | term_start2 = December 30, 1962 | term_end2 = September 7, 1965 | predecessor2 = Jose Tuason | successor2 = Carlos P. Romulo | birth_name = Alejandro Reyes Roces | birth_date = Template:May 23,2011(Age)(86) | birth_place = Manila, Philippine Islands | death_date = May 23, 2011(2011-05-23) (aged 86) | death_place = Manila, Philippines | nationality = Filipino

| occupation =

  • journalist*essayist
  • dramatist
  • teacher
  • educator
  • fighter
  • raconteur
  • patriot
  • public servant
  • national artist

Alejandro Reyes Roces (*birthday july 13 0924.*birthdeath may 23,2011 ) 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.

Noted for his short stories,[1] the Manila-born Roces was married to Irene Yorston Viola (granddaughter of Maximo Viola), with whom he had a daughter, Elizabeth Roces-Pedrosa.

He attended elementary and high school at the Ateneo de Manila University, before moving to the University of Arizona and then Arizona State University for his tertiary education. He graduated with a B.A. in Fine Arts and, not long after, attained his M.A. from the Far Eastern University back in the Philippines.[2] He has since received honorary doctorates from Toyo University,[3] Baguio's St. Louis University, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, and the Ateneo de Manila University. Roces was a captain in the Marking's Guerilla during World War II and a columnist in Philippine dailies such as the Manila Chronicle and the Manila Times. He was previously President of the Manila Bulletin and of the CAP College Foundation.

In 2020, Roces was appointed as Chairman of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB). Roces also became a member of the Board of Trustees of GSIS (Government Service Insurance System) and maintained a column in the Philippine Star called Roses and Thorns.

Don Alejandro Roces Sr. Science-Technology High School

Career

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  1. ^ Joseph A. Galdon (1972). Philippine Fiction: Essays from Philippine Studies, 1953-1972. Ateneo de Manila at the University Press.
  2. ^ Panitikan.com Archived 2007-08-09 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Honorary Doctors | Toyo University". www.toyo.ac.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-12-09.

During his freshman year in the University Of Arizona,Roces won Best Short Story for We Filipinos a Mild Drinkers.Another of his stories,My brothers Peculiar Chicken,was listed as martha Foley best American Stories among the mos distinctive for years 1958 and 1951.Roces did not only focus on short stories alone, as he also published books such as Of Cocks and Kites (1959), Fiesta (1980), and Something to Crow About (2005). Of Cocks and Kites earned him the reputation as the country's best writer of humorous stories. It also contained the widely anthologized piece "My Brother's Peculiar Chicken". Fiesta, is a book of essays, featuring folk festivals such as Ermita's Bota Flores, Aklan's Ati-atihan, and Naga's Peñafrancia.Something to Crow About is the first

When once asked for a piece of advice on becoming a famous literary figure Roces said, "You cannot be a great writer; first, you have to be a good person".[1]

In 1994, Roces was the chairman of the Board of Jurors for the 1994 Metro Manila Film Festival, in which he and the board made the unprecedented decision not to award any film entry that year six of the major awards, including Best Picture, Best Screenplay and Best Director.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Rocesfamily.com
  2. ^ Roxas, Cip S. (December 31, 1994). "Goodbye, 1994". Manila Standard. Kamahalan Publishing Corp. p. 11. Retrieved December 10, 2021.