Severina de Orosa
Severina de Orosa | |
|---|---|
Dr. Severina Luna de Orosa (left) and her husband Dr. Sixto Y Orosa (sitting right) with 3 of their children in 1920 | |
| Born | Severina Luna y Dinglasan 11 February 1890 Batangas, Captaincy General of the Philippines, Spanish Empire |
| Died | 23 May 1984 (aged 94) Manila, Philippines |
| Nationality | Filipina |
| Occupation(s) | Physician, writer |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 5, including Leonor and Rosalinda |
Severina Dinglasan Luna-Orosa (Spanish: Severina Luna de Orosa y Dinglasan; 11 February 1890 – 23 May 1984) was a Filipino physician and Hispanist writer. She was one of the earliest female Filipina doctors in the country. She was awarded the Premio Zobel literary prize in 1982, 23 years after her husband Sixto Y. Orosa won the same award. Two of her five children were choreographer Leonor Orosa-Goquingco and writer Rosalinda Orosa.