Roces (Gijón)
Roces is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alejandro Roces (1924–2011), Filipino author, essayist, dramatist *Ana Roces (born 1976), Filipino actress *China Roces (born 1990), Filipina actress, model, and radio personality *Chino Roces (1913–1988), Filipino businessman and newspaper publisher *Edgardo Roces (born 1949), Filipino businessman *Lucrecia Roces Kasilag (1918–2008), Filipino composer and pianist *Marian Pastor Roces, Filipina art critic and curator *Rafael R. Roces Jr. (1912–1944), Filipino journalist *Rosanna Roces (born 1972), Filipino actress and comedian *Sue Roces (born 1985), Filipino volleyball player *Susan Roces (1941–2022), Filipino actress {{surname ...
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Alejandro Roces
Alejandro Reyes Roces (13 July 1924 – 23 May 2011) was a Filipino author, essayist, dramatist and a National Artist of the Philippines for literature. He served as Secretary of Education from 1962 to 1965, during the term of Philippine President Diosdado Macapagal. Noted for his short stories, the Manila-born Roces was married to Irene Yorston Viola (granddaughter of Maximo Viola), with whom he had a daughter, Elizabeth Roces-Pedrosa. He attended elementary and high school at the Ateneo de Manila University, before moving to the University of Arizona and then Arizona State University for his tertiary education. He graduated with a B.A. in Fine Arts and, not long after, attained his M.A. from the Far Eastern University back in the Philippines.Panitikan.com
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