1964, the Supreme Court acquitted Hernandez in a decision that would be a landmark in Philippine jurisprudence. The case People of the Philippines vs. Amado V. Hernandez is now a standard case study in Philippine law schools. Hernandez continued to write and teach after his acquittal. He was teaching at the University of the Philippines when he died on March 24, 1970. The University of the Philippines posthumously conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Humanities honoris causa on March 14, 1972. The Ateneo de Manila University awarded him its first Tanglaw ng Lahi award. He was posthumously honored as National Artist for Literature in 1973. Together with poet José García Villa, Hernández was the first to receive the title in literature. Works Novels His socio-political novels were based on his experiences as a guerrilla, as a labour leader and as a political detainee. Mga Ibong Mandaragit (Birds of Prey),1969. Luha Ng Buwaya (Crocodile's Tears), 1972. Pili sa Pinili (Chosen from the Selected), 1964. Poems Isang Dipang Langit (An Arm-Stretch of Sky), Panata sa Kalayaan (Pledge to Freedom) - this poem is carved on his marble headstone April 22, 1952 Ang Mga Kayamanan ng Tao Ang Dalaw Kay Silaw Bartolina Kung Tuyo Na ang Luha Mo Aking Bayan (When Your Tears Have Dried, My Country) Bayang Malaya Ang Taong Kapos Bayani Sa Batang Walang Bagong Damit Isang Sining ng Pagbigkas Ang Panday Inang Wika Ang Tao Ang Aklasan Essays Si Atang at ang Dulaan (Atang and the Theater) Si Jose Corazon de Jesus at ang Ating Panulaan (Jose Corazon de Jesus and Our Poetry) Awards and nominations References Sources National Historical Institute, Filipinos in History'' 5 vols. (Manila: National Historical Institute, 1995) Amado V. Hernandez People from Bulacan People from Tondo, Manila Manila City Council members Filipino writers Writers from Manila 1903 births 1970 deaths Filipino communists Burials at the Manila North Cemetery Inmates of the New Bilibid Prison Academic staff of the University of the Philippines Filipino journalists