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Magdalena Jalandoni
Filipino feminist writer (1891-1978)
Magdalena Gonzaga Jalandoni (May 27, 1891, in Jaro, Iloilo – September 14, 1978, in Jaro)[1] was a Filipino novelist, playwright, short story writer, poet, sculptor and painter.
She is now remembered as one of the most prolific Filipino writers in the Hiligaynon language.
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Hailing from Western Visayas, her works are said to have left permanent and significant milestones in Philippine literature.
Biography
Magdalena Jalandoni was born on May 27, 1891, to an affluent land-owning family of Gregorio Jalandoni and Francisca Gonzaga in Calle Alvarez now renamed as Calle Benedicto in the former city of Salog now Jaro, Iloilo City, a present-day district of Iloilo City.
She began writing at a young age wherein she already had her poems published at the age of 12. She published her first novel Ang Mga Tunoc Sang Isa Ca Bulac (The Thorns of a Flower), which was later followed by many novels, compilations of poems