Ninotchka Rosca

Ninotchka Rosca, born Antonia Rosca in 1946, studied literature at the University of the Philippines and became a journalist. Arrested in 1973, after the proclamation of martial law, she was held for several months at Camp Crame. In exile in the United States from 1977, she published an account of the fall of Marcos, Endgame, then novels. Twice Blessed received the American Book Award in 1993. She represented in the United States a Philippine feminist organisation named after the heroine Gabriela Silang.

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• NovelState of WarNinotchka Rosca · 1988Literature