I'm shining the spotlight on Estrella D. Alfon who was born in Cebu on July 18, 1917.? She was a good friend of another Cebuana writer, Lina Espina-Moore.? Alfon grew up on Espeleta Street near San Nicolas Church, Cebu City. She was only a student when she started getting her fiction published in the Graphic Weekly Magazine, Philippine Magazine, and the Sunday Tribune.
She was in medical school when she was misdiagnosed as having tuberculosis; she left medical school and acquired an AA degree.
When the Alfon family moved to Manila, Estrella became part of the Veronicans, the legendary writers group led by Francisco Arcellana and H.R. Ocampo. She reportedly was the only woman member.
Before World War II, Alfon married Captain Bernardino Rivera; they had five children and ten grandchildren.
Separated from Rivera, Alfon pursued her literary career. She wrote in short stories, which Lina Espina-Moore collected, "Stories of Estrella Alfon" Giraffe, 1994. Her stories won awards: the Arena Theater Play Writing Contest, several Palanca Awards, among others.?
She was appointed Professor of Creative Writing at the University of the Philippi8nes; she was a member of the UP Writers Club, and? in 1979, she received the National Fellowship in Fiction post at the U.P. Creative Writing Center.
She died on December 28, 1983 from a heart attack Espina-Moore describes her passing:
"And yet, if she herself had the time check on her hands, she could not have clocked the end any better - meaning the color, the drama: having written her own obituary; started expiring on a stage after judging a presitigious film festival; witnessed by the best uv 'em; escorted by her son Alan who also won credits for himself; gowned to the nines. Bonga ka,'Day!"
Source: http://cbrainard.blogspot.com/2012/09/estrella-d-alfon-prolific-filipina.html
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