publications, he has received five National Book Awards from the Manila Critics Circle and two Surian ng Wikang Pambansa awards. Tiongson was criticized for his opposition to the proposal of bestowing the National Artist honor to the late Dolphy. The incident was vividly recalled by National Artist for Theater Cecilia Guidote-Alvarez wherein Tiongson "stood violently" and protested passionately on the proposal. Tiongson admitted that he had reservations on the installation of Dolphy with the prestigious award. Tiongson wrote: “I believed that the two icons he created for film and TV – the screaming gay and the happy-go-lucky poor man – have, in the majority of his movies, equated gayness with abnormality and mindless frivolity on the one hand, and romanticized or deodorized poverty on the other.” Works Books Political, Social and Cultural Studies Four values in Filipino Drama and Film The Cultural Traditional Media of ASEAN The Urian Anthology, 1970-1979, 1980 Kasaysayan ng Komedya sa Pilipinas, 1766-1982, 1982 Politics of Culture: The Philippine Experience, 1985 Tuklas Sining: Essays on Philippine Arts, 1992 Philippine Theater: A History and Anthology. Volume I: Rituals, Dances and Playlets, 1999 Philippine Theater: A History and Anthology. Volume II: Komedya, 1999 Philippine Theater: A History and Anthology. Volume IV: Sarswela and Dance, 1999 Philippine Theater: A History and Anthology. Volume V: Modern Plays, 1999 The Women of Malolos, 2004 Plaridel : Journal of Philippine Communication, Media and Society, February 2004 Vol.1, No.1. (coedited with Violeda A. Umali) Drama Philippines Circa 1907, 1985 Encyclopedia CCP Encyclopedia of Philippine Art, 1994 Dance Librettos Adarna Realizing Rama Siete Dolores Honors and awards Visiting Professor, Osaka University of Foreign Studies, Japan Visiting Professor, University of Hawaii at Manoa Visiting Professor, University of California, Berkeley Visiting Professor, University of Michigan Visiting Professor, University of California, Los Angeles National Book Awards from the Manila Critics Circle Surian ng Wikang Pambansa (Komisyon ng mga Wika ng Pilipinas) Awards Fulbright Exchange Professorship Australian Cultural Award U.P. Gawad Chancellor for Outstanding Teacher (Professor Level) References External links National Book Awards Asiaweek Tagalog On Site (archived version) University Record, The University of Michigan Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino Living people Filipino writers Tagalog-language writers Year of birth missing (living people) Ateneo de Manila University alumni Academic staff of Ateneo de Manila University Academic staff of Osaka University University of the Philippines alumni Academic staff of the University of the Philippines