Arceo, Liwayway (1924–)

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Arceo, Liwayway (1924–)

Filipino author. Born in 1924 in the Philippines.

In more than 5 decades, wrote more than 50 novels and 900 short stories; in her native Tagalog, the national tongue of the Philippines, is considered a modernist and a feminist, whose frequent subject is the virtue and importance of women; edited the weekly journal Liwayway for many years; also wrote a radio serial, Ilaw ng Tahanan (Light of the Home), which ran for several years.

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