María Adelaida Gurrea Monasterio (La Carlota

La Carlota

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, Negros Occidental

Negros Occidental

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, Philippines

Philippines

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, September 27, 1896-Madrid

Madrid

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, April 29, 1971) was a Philippine journalist, poet and playwright in Spanish

Spanish language

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She studied in a religious school in Manila

Manila

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 (Santa Escolástica de Manila).

She went to Madrid in 1921, where she worked as foreign correspondent in several publications in Spanish language, such as La Vanguardia, El Mercantil or Excelsior.

She was Filipino Literature Ambassador in Spain, where she took part in several associations for the popularisation and support of her culture. She founded the Círculo Hispano-Filipino de Madrid (Spanish-Philippine Society of Madrid) in 1950.

Works

• Cuentos de Juana. Malay tales from Philippine Islands. Madrid: Prensa Española, 1943.
• A lo largo del camino. Poetry. Madrid: Círculo Filipino, 1954. Introcution by Federico Muelas. Drawings by Beatriz Figueirido.
• Más senderos. Poetry. Madrid: the author, 1967
• En agraz. Poetry. Madrid: the author, 1968