on the numerous duties of being a wife and a mother), as a film juror, a social historian, even a cultural critic. Later life In the final years of her life, Flor, although always sickly and frail, continued to push herself into honing her craft. In 1972, Sparklers for the Day was published. Sparklers contained a day-to-day listings of events such as birthdays, wedding and anniversaries, etc. of prominent Filipinos. Letty Jimenez Magsanoc, then a young journalist, commented that Sparklers “feels intimate and personal and flipping through its pages seems snooping through someone else’s datebook.” The following year, Flor embarked on poetry as she released Dilettante, a collection of light verses and four cartoons. Although Flor described this collection as a product of “dabbling,” other critics considered Dilettante her masterpiece. Lina Flor died of a heart attack on February 11, 1976. Numerous people, including her fans, co-workers, and others came at her wake; while many of her colleagues spoke and wrote about her death, constantly referring to her "goodness and generosity, her thoughtfulness and graciousness, truly a life lived for others." References 1914 births 1976 deaths Filipino writers Filipino women writers