[Gutenberg 10676] • The Reign of Greed
- Authors
- Rizal, José
- Tags
- philippine fiction (spanish) -- translations into english , philippines -- history -- fiction , nationalists -- philippines -- fiction
- Date
- 2015-02-06T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.32 MB
- Lang
- en
José Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (1861 – 1896) was a Filipino nationalist, novelist, poet, ophthalmologist, journalist, and revolutionary. He is widely considered one of the greatest heroes of the Philippines. He was the author of Noli Me Tángere, El Filibusterismo, and a number of poems and essays. He was executed on December 30, 1896, by a squad of Filipino soldiers of the Spanish Army.