Gilda Cordero-Fernando

Gilda Cordero-Fernando is a writer and publisher from the Philippines. She was born on June 4, 1932 in Manila, has a B.A. from St. Theresa's College-Manila, and an M.A. from the Ateneo de Manila University.

Cordero-Fernando has two collections of short stories: The Butcher, The Baker and The Candlestick Maker (1962) and A Wilderness of Sweets (1973). These books have been compiled and reissued as the Story Collection (1994).

Another book, Philippine Food and Life, was published in 1992 with Alfredo Roces. Cordero-Fernando also worked on Filipino Heritage, a 10-volume study on Philippine history and culture published by Lahing Pilipino in 1978. Afterwards, she founded GCF Books which published a dozen titles that deal with various aspects of Philippine culture and society.

Cordero-Fernando is also a visual artist, fashion designer, playwright, art curator and producer. In February 2000, she produced Luna: An Aswang Romance.

References and external links

• Notable Books of 2005
• A Record of Her Passage by Amadis Maria Guerrero
• Read Ahead II
• Ateneo Library of Women’s Writings
• Pen and Ink Interview with Gilda Cordero-Fernando
• Filipino As a Superbeing: Filipinizing the World by Gilda Cordero_Fernando at the Wayback Machine (archived March 8, 2003)
• 2 women paint their lives
• For Francisco Arcellana, National Artist
• Feasts and Famine: The Tastes That Bind
• How Two Lolas Got Their Second Wind
• Finnish-Philippine Society
• Filippiinit-seuran julkaisut
• Firefly
• Christmas 1945 by Michael Tan
• Human beings in history by Ambeth Ocampo
• The World of Alfredo Roces
• Berling, Chayong and Ute by Gilda Cordero-Fernando