Biography of esteban bautista

Filipino writer (1945–2023)

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Torres and the surname or paternal family name is Bautista.

Lualhati Torres Bautista (December 2, 1945 – February 12, 2023) was a Filipina writer, liberal activist, and political critic.

Her most popular novels are Dekada '70 (1983), Bata, Bata... Pa'no Ka Ginawa?, and 'GAPÔ (both 1988).

Biography

Bautista was born in Tondo, Manila, Philippines on December 2, 1945, to Esteban Bautista and Gloria Torres.

She graduated from Emilio Jacinto Elementary School in 1958, and from Florentino Torres High School in 1962. She was a journalism student at the Lyceum of the Philippines, but dropped out because she had always wanted to be a writer and schoolwork was taking too much time.^{[citation needed]} Her first short story, "Katugon ng Damdamin,"^[1] was published in Liwayway magazine and thus started her writing career.^[2