Autobiography of NVM Gonzalez

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF N.V.
M
GONZALES
N.V.M. Gonzales - Nestor Vicente Madali
Gonzales.
born on September 8, 1915 in Romblon.


grew up in Mindoro.
Parents were both educators
(father - school supervisor; mother - teacher).
Went to Mindoro High School.

Helped his father in making deliveries for their
meat business.
Took the University of the Philippines entrance

examination and failed.
1933 - met Manuel Quezon in Manila but

quickly returned to Mindoro.
1934 - went back to Manila and joined the
Veronicans.
- won the Philippine Graphic’s literary contest

for students for his essay commemorating
Theodore Roosevelt’s visit to Capalan that same
year.
- left school (National University and Manila
Law College) and joined the Graphic.
- His first published essay appeared in the

Philippine Graphic and his first poem in Poetry in
1934.
Edited for the Evening News Magazine and

Manila Chronicle.
Was invited to teach English and the short
story at the University of the Philippines after
World War II ended despite not having a
college degree.
1948 - Received a Rockefeller Foundation
fellowship, which enabled him to study
Stanford University, the Kenyon School of
English and Columbia University.
1950 - Returned to the Philippines and taught

at University of Santo Tomas.
 Also taught at the Philippine Women's
University, and finally at the University of the
Philippines, where he contributed greatly to
their creative writing programs.
 Chairperson of the first University of the

Philippines writer’s workshop (later known as
the Ravens).
1968-1983 - Lived and worked in the U.S.,
starting with a stint as a visiting associate
professor of English at the University of
California in Santa Barbara
1976-1979 - Became a professor of English

and Asian-American literature at the
University of Washington
 Professor emeritus at California State
University, Hayward; and professor at
University of California at Los Angeles’ Asian
American Studies Center and English
department
1986 - returned briefly to California as artist-

in-residence of the Djarassi Foundation in
Woodside, California
 April 14, 1987 - the University of the Philippines
conferred on him the degree of Doctor of
Humane Letters, honoris causa
 Repeatedly won in the Carlos Palanca Memorial

Awards for Literature.
 1988 - became the University of the Philippines’

first international writer-in-residence.
1997 - became National Artist for Literature
died on November 28, 1999 at the age of 84
His family founded the NVM Gonzalez Awards

for the short story in his honor
WORKS OF N.V.M GONZALEZ
Novels
The Winds of April (1941)
A Season of Grace (1956)
The Bamboo Dancers (1988)
Short fiction
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;
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 Classics, 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),
• 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. Gonz�lez... 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.
Gonz�lez Day, 1996
• The Asian Catholic Publishers Award, 1993
• The Filipino Community of California Proclamation "honoring N.V.M.
Gonz�lez for seventy-eight years of achievements," 1993
• Ninoy Aquino Movement for Social and Economic Reconstruction through
Volunteer Service award, 1991
• and County of San Francisco proclamation of March 7, 1990 "Professor N.V.M. Gonz�lez 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 Balagt�s, 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 winnCity er 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
• ↑ Hide "Awards and Prizes" Section ↑

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AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF N.V.

born on September 8, 1915 in Romblon.

Went to Mindoro High School.

Took the University of the Philippines entrance

1933 - met Manuel Quezon in Manila but

- won the Philippine Graphic’s literary contest

- His first published essay appeared in the

Edited for the Evening News Magazine and

1950 - Returned to the Philippines and taught

 Chairperson of the first University of the

1976-1979 - Became a professor of English

1986 - returned briefly to California as artist-

 Repeatedly won in the Carlos Palanca Memorial

 1988 - became the University of the Philippines’

died on November 28, 1999 at the age of 84

His family founded the NVM Gonzalez Awards

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