Noli Me Tangere by José
Rizal, translated by Soledad Lacson-Locsin
The central figure in the revolutionary generation was José Rizal,
poet, novelist, ophthalmologist, historian, doctor, polemical essayist,
moralist and political dreamer. He was born in 1861 into a well-to-do family of
mixed Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, Tagalog descent: five years after Freud, four
years after Conrad, one year after Chekhov; the same year as Tagore; five years
before Sun Yat-sen, three years before Max Weber, eight years before Gandhi,
and nine before Lenin. Thirty-five years later he was arrested on false. Read more >
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