Legacy
Puerto Rico awards the Nemesio Canales Award in Literature every year to outstanding young writers, and has named a public housing project in San Juan named after him.
His native town, Jayuya, erected a statue in his honor, sculpted by well-known Puerto Rican sculptor Tomas Batista, in the "Plaza de Recreo (town square) Nemesio R. Canales". Jayuya also converted the house in which Nemesio and his sister were raised was converted into a museum. In Ponce, he is honored at the Illustrious Ponce Citizens Plaza in Tricentennial Park.
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