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.
Major works:
The Winds of April
Seven Hills Away,
Children of the Ash-Covered Loam
and Other Stories
The Bamboo Dancers
Look Stranger, on this Island Now
Mindoro and Beyond: Twenty -One
Stories
The Bread of Salt and Other Stories
Work on the Mountain
The Novel of Justice: Selected
Essays 1968-1994,
 A Grammar of Dreams and Other
Stories.

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

Conferred as the National Artist of the Philippines for

Literature in 1997