Evangelina Guerrero y Entrala de Zacarías (1904–1949) was a Filipina poet, short story writer and journalist in the Philippines. She edited the magazine ''Excelsior''. Her stories and poetry were published there and in newspapers like ''La Opinión'' and ''La Vanguardia''.

Life

Evangelina Guerrero Zacarías was born on May 29, 1904, the eldest daughter of

Fernando María Guerrero Fernando María Guerrero Ramírez (May 30, 1873 – June 12, 1929) was a Filipinos, Filipino, poet, journalist, lawyer, politician, and Polyglot (person), polyglot who became a significant figure during the Philippines' golden period of Philippin ...

and Doña Remedios Entrala. Shortly after her father died in 1929, she married Antonio Zacarías. In 1935 she won the

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for her poetry collection ''Kaleidoscopio espiritual'', sharing the prize with José Reyes. In poor health after

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, she declined the offer to make her the first female member of the

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. She died She was a close friend of

Angela Manalang Gloria Angela may refer to: People * Angela (given name), a feminine name, includes a list of people with the name * Angela (surname), an Italian surname, includes a list of people with the name * Angela (enslaved woman) (fl. 1619–1625), an African ...

. On the 10th anniversary of her death friends joined to publish a collection of her poetry.

Works

* ''Kaleidoscopio espiritual; colección de poesías''. 1959. * 'Cuando los Dioses Iloran' hen the Gods Cry 1936. * 'Como las aguas dormidas' ike Still Waters 1937.

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