Marcelino Navarra
Marcelino M. Navarra | |
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| Born | June 2, 1914 Tuyom, Carcar, Cebu, Philippine Islands |
| Died | March 28, 1984 (aged 69) Tuyom, Carcar, Cebu, Philippines |
| Pen name | Marcel Navarra |
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| Language | Cebuano |
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| Literary movement | Realism |
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.