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Gilda Cordero Fernando
Gilda Cordero-Fernando’s contribution to Philippine cultural life extends beyond the fiction she wrote in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Her engagements in the fields of Filipiniana publishing, culinary history, costume design, merit similar celebration.
The Ateneo Library of Women's Writings (ALIWW) invited twenty four women – not just in the field of fiction but also in the other areas e.g. Filipiniana publishing, culinary history, costume design, etc. – to donate their print memorabilia (published and unpublished work, photographs, diaries, correspondence) as a complementary mode of honoring the contribution of Gilda Cordero-Fernando to Philippine cultural life.

This occasion also marks the 7^th Paz Marquez Benitez Memorial Lecture, which featured a brief lecture on the fiction of Gilda Cordero-Fernando by Dr. Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo, Director, UP Creative Writing Center.