Gilda Cordero-Fernando
Gilda Cordero-Fernando is a writer and publisher from the Philippines. She was born on June 4, 1932 in Manila, has a B.A. from St. Theresa's College-Manila, and an M.A. from the Ateneo de Manila University.
Cordero-Fernando has two collections of short stories: The Butcher, The Baker and The Candlestick Maker (1962) and A Wilderness of Sweets (1973). These books have been compiled and reissued as the Story Collection (1994).
Another book, Philippine Food and Life, was published in 1992 with Alfredo Roces. Cordero-Fernando also worked on Filipino Heritage, a 10-volume study on Philippine history and culture published by Lahing Pilipino in 1978. Afterwards, she founded GCF Books which published a dozen titles that deal with various aspects of Philippine culture and society.
Cordero-Fernando is also a visual artist, fashion designer, playwright, art curator and producer.[citation needed] In February 2000, she produced Luna: An Aswang Romance.
References and external links
- Notable Books of 2005
- A Record of Her Passage by Amadis Maria Guerrero
- Read Ahead II
- Ateneo Library of Women’s Writings
- Pen and Ink Interview with Gilda Cordero-Fernando
- Filipino As a Superbeing: Filipinizing the World by Gilda Cordero_Fernando at the Wayback Machine (archived March 8, 2003)
- 2 women paint their lives
- For Francisco Arcellana, National Artist
- Feasts and Famine: The Tastes That Bind
- How Two Lolas Got Their Second Wind
- Finnish-Philippine Society
- Filippiinit-seuran julkaisut
- Firefly
- Christmas 1945 by Michael Tan
- Human beings in history by Ambeth Ocampo
- The World of Alfredo Roces
- Berling, Chayong and Ute by Gilda Cordero-Fernando
