A teacher, author, fictionist, journalist, poet and essayist, Gonzalez is one of the most widely recognized, anthologized and closely studied among Filipino....
N."Go through the history of literature, and you will find that the greatest writers are ever those whose feet were planted on the earth regardless of how high up.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.
Nestor Vicente Madali Gonzalez was a Filipino writer born into a family of educators.
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