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N.V.M Gonzalez, an important icon among the Filipino literary community, feels like a fitting way to wrap up Filipino American History Month.
Born in the Philippines in 1915 in the province of Oriental Mindoro, Gonzalez expressed passion for music at a young age. He learned to play the violin and made his own guitars by hand. For college, he attended National University at Manila, Philippines, but did not finish his degree. During his time there, he wrote for the Philippine Graphic and later edited for both Evening News Magazine and Manila Chronicle.
Gonzalez published his first essay in the Philippine Graphic and his first poem was published in 1934. These early publications started Gonzalez’s literary career. He went on the found The Diliman Review and worked as a member on the Board of Advisers of Likhaan: the University of the Philippines Creative Writing Center and president of the Philippine Writers’ Association.
His lack of college degree didn’t stop him from pursuing teaching, and he received teaching positions at multiple universities in the
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Autobiography of NVM Gonzalez
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N. V. M. Gonzalez
Philippine National Artist for Literature
In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Madali and the surname or paternal family name is González.
Néstor Vicente Madali González (8 September 1915 – 28 November 1999) was a Filipino novelist, short story writer, essayist and, poet. Conferred as the 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 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
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