Ninotchka rosca biography for kids

Filipino activist and writer

Antonia Rosca-Peña^[2] (born December 17, 1946), known by her pen name Ninotchka Rosca,^{[Note 1][3]} is a Filipinafeminist, author, journalist, owl expert, and human rights activist in the Philippines^[4][5][6][7] best known for her 1988 novel State of War and for her activism, especially during the Martial Law dictatorship of former Philippine PresidentFerdinand Marcos.^[8][9] Rosca has been described as "one of the major players in the saga of Filipina American writers."^[10]

Rosca was a recipient of the American Book Award in 1993 for her novel Twice Blessed.^[11]

She is active in AF3IRM [1], the Mariposa Center for Change,^[12] Sisterhood is Global^[13] and the initiating committee of the Mariposa Alliance (Ma-Al), a multi-racial, multi-ethnic women's activist center for understanding the intersectiona