His body of works, which has spanned over forty years, include writing short stories, plays, essays, novels, teleplays, and screenplays.
In 2000, he was one of the recipients of the Centennial Honors for the Arts from the Cultural Center of the Philippines and the Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas for Tagalog fiction from the Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas.