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Néstor Vicente Madali González

(September 8, 1915 – November 28, 1999)
was a Filipino novelist, short story writer,
essayist and, poet. Conferred as the
National Artist of the Philippines for
Literature in 1997.
 N. V. M. González

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Born September 8, 1915

Romblon, Romblon,
Philippine Islands
Died November 28, 1999
(aged 84)
Occupation Teacher, author,
journalist, essayist
Language English
Nationality Filipino
Alma mater National University
(Philippines)
(dropped out)
Notable awards
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National Artist of the

Philippines

Rockefeller
Foundation
Fellowship, Palanca
Memorial Award for
Literature, City of
Manila Medal of
Honor
Spouse Narita Manuel
Gonzalez
Biography
He was born on 8 September 1915 in
Romblon, Philippines.[1] González,
however, was raised in Mansalay, a
southern town of the Philippine province
of Oriental Mindoro. González was a son
of a school supervisor and a teacher. As a
teenager, he helped his father by delivering
meat door-to-door across provincial
villages and municipalities. González was
also a musician. He played the violin and
even made four guitars by hand. He
earned his first peso by playing the violin
during a Chinese funeral in Romblon.
González attended Mindoro High School
(now Jose J. Leido Jr. Memorial National
High School) from 1927 to 1930. González
attended college at National University
(Manila) but he was unable to finish his
undergraduate degree. While in Manila,
González wrote for the Philippine Graphic
and later edited for the Evening News
Magazine and Manila Chronicle. His first
published essay appeared in the Philippine
Graphic and his first poem in Poetry in
1934. González made his mark in the
Philippine writing community as a member
of the Board of Advisers of Likhaan: the
University of the Philippines Creative
Writing Center, founding editor of The
Diliman Review and as the first president of
the Philippine Writers' Association.
González attended creative writing classes
under Wallace Stegner and Katherine Anne
Porter at Stanford University. In 1950,
González returned to the Philippines and
taught at the University of Santo Tomas,
the Philippine Women's University and the
University of the Philippines (U.P.). At U.P.,
González was only one of two faculty
members accepted to teach in the
university without holding a degree. On the
basis of his literary publications and
distinctions, González later taught at the
University of California, Santa Barbara,
California State University, Hayward, the
University of Washington, the University of
California, Los Angeles, and the University
of California, Berkeley.

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Gonzalez is buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.

On 14 April 1987, the University of the

Philippines conferred on N.V.M. González
the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters,
honoris causa, "For his creative genius in
shaping the Philippine short story and
novel, and making a new clearing within
the English idiom and tradition on which
he established an authentic vocabulary,
...For his insightful criticism by which he
advanced the literary tradition of the
Filipino and enriched the vocation for all
writers of the present generation...For his
visions and auguries by which he gave the
Filipino sense and sensibility a profound
and unmistakable script read and reread
throughout the international community of
letters..."
N.V.M. González was proclaimed National
Artist of the Philippines in 1997. He died
on 28 November 1999 at the age of 84. As
a National Artist, Gonzalez was honored
with a state funeral at the Libingan ng mga
Bayani.

Works

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Gonzalez on a 2015 stamp of the Philippines

The works of Gonzalez have been
published in Filipino, English, Chinese,
German, Russian and Indonesian.

Novels …

The Winds of April (1941)

A Season of Grace (1956)
The Bamboo Dancers (1988)
The Land And The Rain
The Happiest Boy in The World
Bread of Salt

Short fiction …
"The Tomato Game".1992
A Grammar of Dreams and Other Stories.
University of the Philippines Press, 1997
The Bread of Salt and Other Stories.
Seattle: University of Washington Press,
1993; University of the Philippines Press,
1993
Mindoro and Beyond: Twenty-one Stories.
Quezon City: University of the
Philippines Press, 1981; New Day, 1989
Selected Stories. Denver, Colorado: Alan
Swallow, 1964
Look, Stranger, on this Island Now.
Manila: Benipayo, 1963
 Children of the Ash-Covered Loam and
Other Stories. Manila: Benipayo, 1954;
Bookmark Filipino Literary Classic, 1992
Seven Hills Away. Denver, Colorado: Alan
Swallow, 1947

Essays …

A Novel of Justice: Selected Essays

1968–1994. Manila: National
Commission for Culture and the Arts and
Anvil (popular edition), 1996
Work on the Mountain (Includes The
Father and the Maid, Essays on Filipino
Life and Letters and Kalutang: A Filipino
 in the World), University of the
Philippines Press, 1996

Awards and prizes

Given a Trophy from A Jokarts company
(1997-1998)
Regents Professor at the University of
California at Los Angeles, 1998–1999
Philippines Centennial Award for
Literature, 1998
National Artist Award for Literature, 1997
Oriental Mindoro Sangguniang
Panlalawigan Resolution "extending due
recognition to Nestor V. M. González...
the commendation he well deserves..."
1996
City of Manila Diwa ng Lahi award "for his
service and contribution to Philippine
national Literature," 1996
City of Los Angeles resolution declaring
October 11, 1996 "N.V.M. González Day,
1996
The Asian Catholic Publishers Award,
1993
The Filipino Community of California
Proclamation "honoring N.V.M. González
for seventy-eight years of
achievements," 1993
Ninoy Aquino Movement for Social and
Economic Reconstruction through
Volunteer Service award, 1991
City and County of San Francisco
proclamation of March 7, 1990
"Professor N.V.M. González Day in San
Francisco," 1990
Cultural Center of the Philippines award,
Gawad Para sa Sining, 1990
Writers Union of the Philippines award,
Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtás,
1989
University of the Philippines International
Writer-in-Residence, 1988
Doctor of Humane Letters (Honoris
Causa) from the University of the
Philippines, 1987
Djerassi Foundation Artist-in-Residence,
1986
Philippine Foreign Service Certificate of
Appreciation for Work in the International
Academic and Literary Community, at
San Francisco, 1983
Emeritus Professor of English, California
State University, 1982
Carlos Palanca Memorial Award (Short
Story), First Prize for 'The Tomato
Game,' 1971
City of Manila Medal of Honor, 1971.
Awarded Leverhulme Fellowship,
University of Hong Kong, 1969.
Visiting Associate Professorship in
English, University of California, Santa
Barbara, 1968.
British Council award for Travel to
England, 1965.
Intemaciones Award for Travel in the
Federal German Republic, 1965.
Philippines Free Press First Prize Award
winner for Serenade (short story), 1964.
Rockefeller Foundation Writing Grant
and Travel in Europe, 1964
Jose Rizal Pro-Patria Award for The
Bamboo Dancers, 1961
Republic Cultural Heritage Award for The
Bamboo Dancers, 1960
Carlos Palanca Memorial Award (Short
Story), Third Prize winner for On the
Ferry, 1959
Philippine Free Press Third Prize winner
for On the Ferry, 1959
Republic Award of Merit for "the
advancement of Filipino culture in the
field of English Literature," 1954.
Carlos Palanca Memorial Award (Short
Story), Second Prize winner for Lupo and
the River, 1953
Rockefeller Foundation Study and Travel
fellowship to India and the Far East,
1952
Carlos Palanca Memorial Award (Short
Story), Second Prize winner for Children
of the Ash-covered Loam, 1952
Rockefeller Foundation Writing
Fellowship to Stanford University,
Kenyon College School of English, and
Columbia University, 1949–1950
Liwayway Short Story Contest, Third
Prize winner for Lunsod, Nayon at Dagat-
dagatan, 1943
 First Commonwealth Literary Contest
honorable mention for The Winds of
April, 1940

References
1. Brainard, Cecilia (1997), Contemporary
Fiction by Filipinos in America, Pasig:
Anvil, p. 238, ISBN 9712707016

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