Elena M. Patron-de los Angeles, commonly known by her

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Elena Patron (18 August 1933 – 14 January 2021), was a

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scriptwriter, novelist, poet, dramatist, essayist, and magazine columnist. Patron was one of the few

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, a field that was dominated by

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Career

Patron was a writer for the women’s pages and movies sections of ''

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'' magazine. During her tenure as a writer-interviewer of showbusiness personalities, Patron was able to interview American actor

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, and some

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s, among others. Her magazine columns included ''Buhay May-asawa'' (Married Life), ''Psychopathic'', ''Munting-lupa'' (literally Small Portion of Land), and ''Alta-Sosyedad'' (High

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Society). She became interested in scriptwriting and writing novels for the field of Philippine comics after her ''Mga Payo ni Ate Mameng'' (Older Sister Mameng’s Advice) column in the pages of Liwayway magazine was converted into comic book format. Her first comic book novel was ''Kapatid Ko ang Aking Ina'' (My Sister is My Mother), a novel that was adapted into a film that gave her a

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(FAMAS Award) for best story. Among her other novels were ''Isinilang Ko ang Anak ng Ibang Babae'' (I Gave Birth to the Child of Another Woman), ''Dalawa ang Nagdalantao sa Akin'' (There Were Two Who Became Pregnant for Me), ''Ako si Emma, Babae'' (I am Emma, a Woman), ''Padre, si Eba'' (

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), ''Bago N’yo Ako Sumpain'' (Before You Curse Me), ''Lord, Give Me a Lover'', ''Ang Mukha ni Aniana'' (Aniana's Face), ''Eladia'', ''Sa Lilim ng Ilang-Ilang'' (Under the Shade of the

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Tree), ''Cara'', ''Bibo'' ( Dapper), and ''Sleeping Beauty''. Her ''Sleeping Beauty'' was a prominent novel in Aliwan Komiks. During the 1990s, upon the decline of Philippine comics readership, Patron moved into writing novels for

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Film adaptation

Among Patron’s novels that had been adapted into films included ''Lord, Give Me a Lover'', ''Adult Kid'', ''Ako si Emma, Babae'' (I am Emma, a Woman), ''Isinilang Ko ang Anak ng Ibang Babae'' (I Gave Birth to the Child of Another Woman), ''Pompa'', ''Dalawa ang Nagdalantao sa Akin'' (There Were Two Who Became Pregnant for Me), ''Padre, si Eba'' (Father, This is Eve), ''Bago N’yo Ako Sumpain'' (Before You Curse Me), ''Ligaw-Tingin, Halik-Hangin'' (Courtship Through Gazing, Kissing in the Wind ndemonstrated desire to court and kiss a person admired; the suitor can only look at the admired woman, unable to get closer, a kisser of empty space, and ''Kape’t Gatas'' (literally Coffee and Milk; figuratively Brown and White eferring to skin color.

Awards

Apart from her FAMAS-award-winning novel ''Kapatid Ko ang Aking Ina'', Patron obtained awards from The Citizen’s Council for Mass Media (CCMM), Starlight Cultural Foundation, Komiks Operation Brotherhood, Inc. (KOMOPEB), and the Catholic Mass Media.

Personal life and death

Patron was married to insurance consultant Angel T. de los Angeles, whom she wed until his death on January 14, 2004. She is the mother of one offspring, Angelo Ardee. Patron died on January 14, 2021, aged 84. Her remains were cremated three days after her death on January 17 at the Loyola Crematorium Sucat in Parañaque.

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