Estrella Alfon Biography, Achievements, and Some Of Her Famous Works

Here is the life story of Estrella Alfon and some of her works. Check it out below!

ESTRELLA ALFON – This is the life and works of the famous female writer, Estrella Alfon, a writer from the pre-war days to the post-war days.

Born in 1917 and hailing from Cebu is Estrella Alfon. She writes mostly in English and she was a known story writer, playwright, and journalist. She attempted to take a pre-medical course at the University of the Philippines, however, she was mistakenly diagnosed with tuberculosis and this has disabled her to finish her pre-med course.

After resigning from that course, she attended the University of the Philippines with an Associate of Arts degree. Regardless of her finished course, she was appointed as a professor of Creative Writing at the University of the Philippines, Manila.

She was also a member of the U.P. Writers Club.

Check out some of her achievements:

Honorable Mention in the Commonwealth Literary Award for her “Dear Esmeralda”, a collection of her short stories
won all the prizes in the Arena Theater Play Writing Contest: “Losers Keepers” (first prize), “Strangers” (second prize), “Rice” (third prize), and “Beggar” (fourth prize) in the year 1962-1962
the top prize in the Palanca Contest for “With Patches of Many Hues”
Second place at Palanca Award for her short story “The White Dress” in the year 1974
National Fellowship in Fiction post at the U.P. Creative Writing Center in 1979
the only female member of the Veronicans (a group for writers in the 1930s led by Francisco Arcellana and H.R. Ocampo)
Some of her recognitions from Palanca are:
- 3rd Place: Forever Witches, a one-act play (1960)
- 1st Place: With Patches of Many Hues, a one-act play (1962)
- 2nd Place: Tubig, One-act Play (1963)
- 3rd Place: The Knitting Straw, one-act play, (1968)
- 2nd Place: The White Dress, short story (1974)

Meanwhile, here are some of her notable stories:

Magnificence and Other Stories
Stories of Estrella Alfon (published post-humous)
Servant Girl
Grey Confetti (her first story)

She died on December 28, 1983. She suffered from a heart attack and this happened while she was on stage at the event of that year’s Manila Film Festival.