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Nestor Gonzalez
8 September 1915 to 28 November 1999
Nestor Vicente Madali Gonzalez (known as N.V.M Gonzalez) was a novelist and poet. Gonzalez was awarded the title National Artist of the Philippines for literature in 1997.
In 1950, González started teaching at the University of Santo Tomas, the Philippine Women's University and the University of the Philippines (U.P.). On the basis of his literary publications and distinctions, González later taught at the University of California, Santa Barbara California State University, Hayward, the University of Washington, the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of California, Berkeley.
Throughout Gonzalez's teaching career, he author produced 14 books. Through these writings, Gonzalez received many prestigious awards, including repeated Palanca Memorial Award for Literature, the Jose Rizal Pro Patria Award, and the City of Manila Medal of Honor. In addition, his books became internationally recognized, and his works have been translated into Chinese, German, Russian and Bahasa Indonesian.
Birth Centenary #xxx, 8 Sept 2015
The stamp contains a design error, NVM Gonzalez's name is spelt "Gonzales" on the stamp. The error appears to have been inherited from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts who had used both spelling variants
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