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Wilfrido Maria Guerrero (1922?-1995),
Philippine National Artist for Theater, remains one of the country's foremost playwrights.
Wilfrido Maria Guerrero was born in Ermita, Manila.
He studied at the Ateneo de Manila University, at the University of the Philippines, and briefly, at Columbia University.
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He wrote his first play at age fourteen, and his play in Spanish, “No Todo Es Risa”, was produced at the Ateneo when he was fifteen.
He was later a reporter and proofreader for La Vanguardia, and drama critic for the Manila Tribune.
He worked for some time in Philippine Films (1939) as a scriptwriter. He organized and was the director of the Filipino Players (1941-1947).
In 1947, Bienvenido Gonzalez, then president of the University of the Philippines, appointed Guerrero as assistant professor of dramatics despite his lack of a degree.
He became director of the UP Dramatic Club for which he produced and directed over 120 plays. He wrote and directed for radio for one