Marcelino Navarra

Marcelino M. Navarra
BornJune 2, 1914
Tuyom, Carcar, Cebu, Philippine Islands
DiedMarch 28, 1984(1984-03-28) (aged 69)
Tuyom, Carcar, Cebu, Philippines
Pen nameMarcel Navarra
Occupation
  • Short story writer
  • Poet
  • Editor
LanguageCebuano
Genre
  • Fiction
  • Poetry
Literary movementRealism

Marcelino M. Navarra (June 2, 1914 – March 28, 1984) was a Filipino Visayan editor, poet, and short story writer from Cebu, Philippines. He was regarded as the father of modern Cebuano short story for his use of realism and depictions of fictionalized version of his hometown, barrio Tuyom in Carcar, Cebu.

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