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Leona Florentino

Leona Josefa Florentino was a Filipina foundational poet, dramatist, satirist, and playwright who wrote and poetically spoke in Ilocano, her mother tongue, and Spanish, the lingua franca of her era. She is considered as the "mother of Philippine women's literature", serving as the "bridge from oral to literary tradition"; and as a pioneer in Philippine lesbian literature.

Si Leona Florentino ang unang makatang babae ng Ilocos Sur. Isinilang siya sa Vigan, Ilocos Sur, noong 19 Abril 1849. Ang kanyang ama ay si Don Marcelino Florentino na kinilalang isa sa mayayaman sa Ilocos noon at ang kanyang ina ay si Donya Isabel Florentino.

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