Who is marcel navarra

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His first story, Tungod sa Kayagang , was published in Nasud in His best-known story is Ug Gianod Ako , a Bisaya prizewinner. Marcel Navarra also became editor of two of the most popular Cebuano magazine — Bisaya and Bag-ong Suga. Marcel Navarra stopped writing after he wrote his last work entitled Si Zosimo in His reputation as the best fictionist in his generation was cemented from the short stories he wrote after World War II.

It was hailed as the first modern short story written in Cebuano language for its lyrical language, psychological realism and depth. According to literary critic Erlinda Alburo , Ug Gianod Ako and another of his short story, Apasumpay Postscript , were landmarks in Cebuano literature for their innovative use of point of view and the manner in which they blended local materials and Western narrative techniques.

In particular, Navarra's subjects often were the poor people in his barrio of Tuyom and their daily struggles for survival. Critic Sam Harold Kho Nervez claimed that the environment inhabited by his characters that was ravaged by war, poverty, and moral decay was a representation of their inner traumatized selves and considered his "brand of social realism outstanding. He showed Cebuanos a way of coming to terms with the difficult life demanded of them, a way that was the result of his realistic appraisal of his people's experience.

He edited several Cebuano periodicals. He was the editor of Lamdag Light in , associate editor of Bulak Flower in , literary section editor of Republic Daily from until , and editor of Bag-ong Suga New Light from to From to , he was the literary editor of Bisaya magazine.

Before his appointment as its editor-in-chief from until his retirement in , the magazine's circulation decreased that was partly attributed to the general decline of sales among regional magazines with the rise of the movie industry and the stream-of-consciousness writing introduced by its former editor, the University of the Philippines graduate Godofredo Roperos, which was not received well by its readers.