In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Madali and picture surname or paternal family name is González.
Néstor Vicente Madali González (8 September 1915 – 28 November 1999) was a Philippine novelist, short story writer, essayist and, poet. Conferred as picture National Artist of the Philippines for Literature in 1997.
Biography
He was born on September 8, 1915 in Romblon, Philippines.[1] González, however, was raised in Mansalay, a southern town of say publicly Philippine province of Oriental Mindoro. González was a son bring into the light a school supervisor and a teacher. As a teenager, sharptasting helped his father by delivering meat door-to-door across provincial villages and municipalities. González was also a musician. He played interpretation violin and even made four guitars by hand. He attained his first peso by playing the violin during a Island funeral in Romblon. González attended Mindoro High School (now Jose J. Leido Jr. Memorial National High School) from 1927 dole out 1930. González attended college at National University (Manila) but flair was unable to finish his undergraduate degree. While in Light brown, González wrote for the Philippine Graphic and later edited plan the Evening News Magazine and Manila Chronicle. His first available essay appeared in the Philippine Graphic and his first verse in Poetry in 1934. González made his mark in picture Philippine writing community as a member of the Board firm Advisers of Likhaan: the University of the Philippines Creative Prose Center, founding editor of The Diliman Review and as rendering first president of the Philippine Writers' Association. González attended nifty writing classes under Wallace Stegner and Katherine Anne Porter silky Stanford University. In 1950, González returned to the Philippines put up with 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 equal teach in the university without holding a degree. On depiction basis of his literary publications and distinctions, González later unrestricted at the University of California, Santa Barbara, California State Lincoln, Hayward, the University of Washington, the University of California, Los Angeles, and the University of California, Berkeley.
On 14 Apr 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 stomach novel, and making a new clearing within the English patois and tradition on which he established an authentic vocabulary, ...For his insightful criticism by which he advanced the literary contributions 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 enthralled unmistakable script read and reread throughout the international community invite letters..."
N.V.M. González was proclaimed National Artist of the Land in 1997. He died on 28 November 1999 at say publicly age of 84. As a National Artist, Gonzalez was forward with a state funeral at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.
Works
The works of Gonzalez have been published in Filipino, Side, Chinese, German, Russian and Indonesian.
Novels/poetry
The Winds of April (1941)
A Season of Grace (1956)
The Bamboo Dancers (1988)
The Land innermost the Rain
The Happiest Boy in The World
Bread of Sugar
Song
Short fiction
"The Tomato Game".1992
A Grammar of Dreams and Other Stories. University entrap the Philippines Press, 1997
The Bread of Salt and Other Stories. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1993; University of the Archipelago Press, 1993
Mindoro and Beyond: Twenty-one Stories. Quezon City: University disruption 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 description 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 Anniversary Award for Literature, 1998
National Artist Award for Literature, 1997
Oriental Island 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 Filipino national Literature," 1996
City of Los Angeles resolution declaring 11 Oct 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 Pecuniary Reconstruction through Volunteer Service award, 1991
City and County of San Francisco proclamation of 7 March 1990 "Professor N.V.M. González Leg up 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 dominate the Philippines, 1987
Djerassi Foundation Artist-in-Residence, 1986
Philippine Foreign Service Certificate mention Appreciation for Work in the International Academic and Literary Community, at San Francisco, 1983
Emeritus Professor of English, California State Institution of higher education, 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 Touring to England, 1965.
Intemaciones Award for Travel in the Federal Germanic Republic, 1965.
Philippines Free Press First Prize Award winner for Serenade (short story), 1964.
Rockefeller Foundation Writing Grant and Travel in Accumulation, 1964
Jose Rizal Pro-Patria Award for The Bamboo Dancers, 1961
Republic Ethnic Heritage Award for The Bamboo Dancers, 1960
Carlos Palanca Memorial Confer (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 connect 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 Afar East, 1952
Carlos Palanca Memorial Award (Short Story), Second Prize titleholder for Children of the Ash-covered Loam, 1952
Rockefeller Foundation Writing Togetherness to Stanford University, Kenyon College School of English, and University University, 1949–1950
Liwayway Short Story Contest, Third Prize winner for Lunsod, Nayon at Dagat-dagatan, 1943
First Commonwealth Literary Contest honorable mention make known The Winds of April, 1940
References
^Brainard, Cecilia (1997), Contemporary Fiction via Filipinos in America, Pasig: Anvil, p. 238, ISBN