 | 1992 |
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De La Salle University establishes the Bienvenido N.
Santos Distinguished Professorial Chair in Creative Writing and the Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing
Center.
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| 1990 |
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Doctor
of Arts in Language and Literature, honoris causa, De La Salle University, Manila
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| 1987 |
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Southeast Asia Write Award, Bangkok, Thailand
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| 1987 |
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Manila
Critic Circle National Book Award for Fiction, for What
the Hell for You Left Your Heart in San Francisco
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| 1983 |
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Doctor
of Philosophy and Letters, honoris causa, University of Nueva Caceres, Naga City
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| 1983 |
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Manila
Critics Circle National Book Award for Fiction, for The
Praying Man
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| 1982 |
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Doctor
of Philosophy in Humane Letters, honoris causa, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas
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| 1982 |
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"X"
Award, Book Development Association of the Philippines, for The Praying Man.
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| 1981 |
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National
Endowment for the Arts Award in Fiction, Washington, D.C.
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| 1981 |
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Doctor
of Letters and Humanities, honoris causa, University of the Philippines, Manila; Doctor of
Philosophy in Literature, honoris causa, Bicol University, Legazpi City.
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| 1981 |
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American Book Award by the Before
Columbus Foundation of Berkeley, California, for Scent
of Apples.
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| 1977 |
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New
Letters (University of Missouri, Kansas City) Prize for Fiction for "Immigration
Blues."
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| 1973 |
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Appointed
Distinguished Writer-in-Residence, Wichita State University.
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| 1971 |
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Medallion
of Honor for Distinguished Writer and Educator, on the 400th Anniversary of the Founding
of the City of Manila.
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| 1965 |
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Republic
Cultural Heritage Award, by the Philipine Government, Manila; Fulbright Exchange
Professorship to the University of Iowa.
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| 1960 |
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University
of Iowa Literary Foundation Award; John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in
Creative Writing.
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| 1958-60 |
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Rockefeller
Fellowship to the Writers Workshop, University of Iowa.
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| 1957 |
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First
Prize, Philippines Free Press Short Story Contest for "Brother, My Brother."
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| 1956 |
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Second
Prize, Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, Short Story Category, for "The
Transfer."
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| 1950 |
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First
Prize, World Short Story Contest, New York Herald Tribune, Paris edition, for "The
Naked Eye."
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