Genoveva's Academic and Writing Career

Genoveva Edroza Matute career included several literary works that helped her to become well known. She is very well known as an author of Phlippine short stories. She was so talented an author that she had the honor of receiving four Palanca Awards for her creative work during her lifetime. Matute won first prize for her short stories on three different occasions. The first prize she was awarded was in 1951 for her short story entitled Kuwento ni Mabuti.The second first prize she was awarded was for her short story Paglalayag sa Puso ng Isang Bata. The third first prize that acknowledged her work as an author was for her short story entitled Parusa, which she was awarded in 1961.Her greatest award was bestowed upon her in the year 2005. At this time, she received recognition for her work by the President of the Philippines, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The award was to recognize her creativeness and the contributions she made as an author throughout her lifetime.