was a Filipino novelist,

short story writer, essayist

and poet.
Conferred as the National
Artist of the Philippines for
Literature in 1997
He was born on September
8, 1915 in Romblon,
Philippines.
however, he was raised in
Mansalay, a southern town
of the Philippine province of
Oriental Mindoro.
He was a son of a
school supervisor and
a teacher.
He was also a
musician. He played
the violin and even
made foir guitars by
hand.
 Gonzalez attended Mindoro
High School (now it is known as
Jose J. Leido Jr. Memorial
National High School) from 1927
to 1930.
Incollege, he attended at
National University (Manila)
While in Manila, Gonzalez
wrote for the Philippine
Graphic and later edited
from the Evening News
Magazine and Manila
Chronicle.
His first published essay
appeared in the Philippine
Graphic and his first poem in
poetry in 1934.
Gonzalez attended creative
writing classes under Wallace
Stegner and Katherine Anne
Porter at Standford University.
In 1950, he retuned to the
Philippines and taught at the
University of Santo Tomas, the
Philippine Women's University
and the University of the
Philippines (U.P.).
He died on November 28,
1999 at the age of 84.
As a National Artist,
Gonzalez was honored
with a state funeral at the
Libingan ng mga Bayani.
The Winds of April (1941)
A Season of Grace (1956)
The Bamboo Dancers (1988)
The Bread of salt & Other
Stories
Children of the Ash-covered
Loam
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),
Universe of the Philippines
Press,1996
 Regents Professor at the
University of California at Los
Angeles, 1998-1999
 Philippines Centennial Award for
Literature, 1998
 National Artist Award for
Literature, 1997
 City and County of San Francisco
proclamition of March 7,1990
“Professor N.V.M Gonzalez Day in
San Francisco,”1990
 Doctor of Humane Letters (Honoris
Causa) from the University of the
Philippines,1987
 City of Manila Medal of
Honor,1971
 Jose Rizal Pro-Patria Award for The
Bamboo Dancers,1961