Liwayway Arceo

Liwayway Arceo (1920-1999) was a multi-awarded Tagalog fictionist, journalist, radio scriptwriter and editor from the Philippines.

Arceo was the author of well-received novels such as "Canal de la Reina" (1985) and "Titser" (1995). She also published collections of short stories such as "Ina, Maybahay, Anak at iba pa", "Mga Maria, Mga Eva", "Ang Mag-anak na Cruz" (1990), and Mga Kuwento ng Pag-ibig (1997). Most of her books were published by Ateneo de Manila University Press and The University of the Philippines Press.

Arceo's story "Uhaw ang Tigang na Lupa" was placed second in the Japanese Imperial Government-sanctioned Pinakamabuting Maikling Katha ng 1943 (The Best Short Stories of 1943).

Arceo made her mark as a lead actress in a Japanese and Philippine film produced during World War II. The film "Tatlong Maria" was produced by two movie companies: X'Otic Pictures of the Philippines and Eiga Hekusa of Japan in 1944.

She also ventured into radio by Ilaw ng Tahanan, a long-running radio serial. Ilaw ng Tahanan became a television soap opera aired in RPN 9 during the late 1970s.

Arceo's short story "Lumapit, Lumayo ang Umaga" was later turned into an award-winning film by National Artist Ishmael Bernal in 1975. Filipina thespian Elizabeth Oropesa received a "FAMAS" Best Actress Award in 1976 for her role in the film.

Arceo received a Carlos Palanca for "Short Story in Filipino" (Filipino (Tagalog) Division) in 1962; a Japan Foundation Visiting Fellowship in 1992; a "Gawad CCP for Literature" given by the Cultural Center of the Philippines in 1993; a Doctorate on Humane Letters, "honoris causa", from the University of the Philippines in 1991; the "Catholic Authors Award" from the "Asian Catholic Publishers" in 1990, and the "Gawad Balagtas Life Achievement Award for Fiction" from the "Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas" (Writers Union of the Philippines or "UMPIL") in 1998.

In 1999, Liwayway Arceo received a Philippine "National Centennial Commission" award for her prioneering and exemplary contributions in the field of literature.

When she passed away, Filipino writers paid tribute to Liwayway A. Arceo during a memorial service held at the Loyola Memorial Chapel in Guadalupe, Makati City, Philippines on December 6, 1999.

Filmography

* 1944 - "Tatlong Maria ("Three Sisters")

External links

* [http://www.filvoices.com/fictiontag.htm Filipino Voices]
* [http://www.kabayancentral.com/book/up/mb5421903.html Ang Inyong Lingkod, Gloria Romero]
* [http://ateneopress.org/detail_lang.asp?ID=7 Canal de la Reina by Liwayway Arceo ]
* [http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/_generate/PHILIPPINES.html A Celebration fo Women Writers]
* [http://www.dasma.dlsu.edu.ph/ico/news/sep01152001/features.htm Wikang Filipino]
* [http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:560pRaFv4z8J:www.dasma.dlsu.edu.ph/colleges/cla/kfp/Lecture4.htm+liwayway+arceo&hl=en&gl=au&ct=clnk&cd=79 Estilo: Pagsusuri at Pag-unawa by Efren Abueg]
* [http://www.angelfire.com/la2/litera1/us.html US Colonialism (1989-1945)]
* [http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2004/09/18/YNCP2004091818659.html Portrait of a young Chinese as a Filipino storyteller]
* [http://www.ncca.gov.ph/about_cultarts/comarticles.php?artcl_Id=145 The Country's Literary Produce for 2000 by Bienvenido Lumbera]
* [http://www.bayanimagazine.com/bayani.arch63.html Bayani Magazine]
* [http://www.upd.edu.ph/~uppress/1998.html University of the Philippines Press]
* [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=156117 Near, Far The Morning]
* [http://www3.kabayancentral.com/book/ateneo/mb5500080.html Timawa ]
* [http://members.surfeu.fi/filippiinitseura/kulttuuri.html Kulttuuri ja taide]
* [http://members.surfeu.fi/filippiinitseura/firefly.html The History of Filipino Women's Writings]
* [http://www.ateneopress.org/detail_lang.asp?ID=69 Timawa by A.C. Fabian]