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Emigido Alvarez Background and Contribution in Philippine Literary

1. EMIGDIO
ALVAREZ
ENRIQUEZ
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Emigdio Alvarez Enriquez was born in the year 1925. He is a Filipino by
birth. He started writing at the age of 20. He is a novelist, story writer,
and playing with. Among his famous literary works are Blood on the
Moon, A tale of Two Houses, Cachil Kudarat (Sultan of Mindanao) or
Cachil Corrala, and Labaw, Donggon. All of this short stories won
palangca awards in the year.

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Elementary and Secondary at Ateneo de Zamboanga. Gained his A.B.
at Arellano University. Went on to study and gain a "Master of Fine
Arts Degree in Creative Writing" at the state University of lawa though
an International Scholarship and a Fulbright Grant. Earned a
Guggenheim Fellowship which he used to travel around Europe. He
then studied in the Universidad Central de Madrid on a Zobel de Ayala
Grant. His short stories began to appear in countless publication as
early as 1939.
Fellowships in Yaddo foundation, N.Y.; EdwardMacDowell Colony,
N.H,; Huntington Hartford Foundation, CA. When he came back to the
Philippines, he taught and directed at the University of the East for
some years, then went on to teach at De La Salle University.

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The white horse of alih is a story that examines a discrimination based
on race and religion. It started when the two brothers tried to kill the
people celebrating the friendship day. It confuses Alih whether he will
do it or not. They want to kill those people because they want to wash
away their shame and gain respect. Then, Alih saw Fermina standing on a
float while he waits for his brother. Eventually, his brother Omar came
and he is drunken. His brother came to Fermina but Alih blocked his way
and killed his brother. He protected Fermina. It came to his mind that his
white horse doesn't matter. What matters most to him is the girl he
loved.

5. 01Another is The Devil Flower. According to the readers, "This is
impressive first novel. The Devil Flower has much of the brooding
tragedy of a folk tale, frankly explicite sexual scenes and considerable
humor and quit with. Mr. Enriquez' tecnique"
" A skillful and absorbing first novel. Mr. Enriquez writes colorfully,
sometimes, perhaps, too lushly, yet clearly brings to life the island
ways"
"THE DEVIL FLOWER emerges with poignant clarity. Ordained by her
contemporary villagers as a paragon of purity, the sexual flowering of
the attractive Ercelia is met with self-flagellation"
"Her simultaneous death and consummation are filled with dark and
passionate overtones of medieval Catholicism and Eastern eroticism