Alejandro Roces - Awards & Honors

Awards & Honors

• National Artist Award for Literature, Republic of the Philippines – 2003
• The Rizal Pro Patria Award, Republic of the Philippines
• Grand Cross for Distinguished Service with Star and Epaulement of the Order for Distinguished Service of the Federal Republic of Germany
• Orden de Isabel la Catolica, Spain
• Gran Cruz la Orden del Merito Civil, Spain
• Orden de la Aguila Azteca, Mexico
• Tanda Kehormatan Bintang Mahaputera, Republic of Indonesia
• Grand Maitre de L’Ordre National, Republic of Malagasy
• Order of the White Elephant, Kingdom of Thailand
• Order of the Brilliant Star, China
• One of the Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines, chosen by the Junior Chamber of Commerce for distinction in Journalism
• Awarded, Patnubay ng Kalinangan (Vanguard of Culture), City of Manila – 1988
• Outstanding Journalist of the Year - Confederation of Filipino Veterans Journalism
• Granted the Conde de Foxa Award for El Llegado and La Campana de Baler at the Certamen Cine Documental Ibero-Americano y Filipino, Bilbao, Spain
• Awarded, Diwa ng Lahi (Spirit of the Race), City of Manila – 1988
• Special Plaque of Appreciation - Consulate General of the Philippines and the Filipino Community of Guam
• Appointed Honorary Ambassador-at-Large for Guam - 1998
• Awarded the Tanging Parangal ng CCP, Gawad CCP Para sa Sining – 1990
• Zobel Award for Literature, 1995
• Philippines S.E.A. Write Awardee – Thailand 1997
• CCP Centennial Honors for the Arts - Cultural Center of the Philippines
• Medal of Valor as World War II Veteran - Veterans Federation of the Philippines
• Recipient of Plaque of Recognition, The Royal and Pontifical, University of Santo Tomas (UST) - 1999
• Recipient of Green and Gold Artist Award, Far Eastern University (FEU) – 1994
• Recipient of Special Plaque of Recognition from the Consulate General of the Philippines to Guam
• Recipient Plaque of Appreciation from the Korea Art Culture Association of the Republic of Korea
• Recipient of Plaque of Recognition from the Filipino-American Service Group, Inc. – 2007
• Recipient of Mayor’s Commendation, City of Glendale, CA, USA – Given by Mayor Ara Njarian- 2007
• Recipient of the Certificate of Recognition given by the County of Santa Clara, CA, USA – 2007
• Recipient of Plaque of Appreciation, Philippine National BANK (PNB) – 2007
• Recipient of Plaque of Recognition, Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) – 2003
• Recipient of Outstanding Citizen Award, City of Makati, 1997
• Recipient of Plaque of Appreciation from the Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS) – 1994
• Recipient of Plaque of Appreciation from the Philippine Association of Management Accountants – 1997
• Recipient of Plaque of Appreciation from the League of Vice Governors of the Philippines – 1999
• Recipient of Plaque of Appreciation from the Philippine British Society – 2003
• Recipient of Plaque of Appreciation from the Consular Corps of the Philippines – 2006
• Recipient of Plaque of Gratitude from the Diwa Scholastic Press, Inc. – 2005
• Recipient of the Statuette of Fr. Theopiel Verbist, Founder of the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, St. Louis University – 2004
• Recipient of the Maria Clara Legacy Award – 2006

• Recipient of the Maria Clara Legacy Award – 2013