Vida y Escritos del Dr. José Rizal, translated as “Life and Writings of Dr. José Rizal

José Rizal

José Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda , was a Filipino polymath, patriot and the most prominent advocate for reform in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial era. He is regarded as the foremost Filipino patriot and is listed as one of the national heroes of the Philippines by...

”, is a biographical book about Philippine

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

 national hero and "Father of Filipino Nationalism" José Rizal

José Rizal

José Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda , was a Filipino polymath, patriot and the most prominent advocate for reform in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial era. He is regarded as the foremost Filipino patriot and is listed as one of the national heroes of the Philippines by...

 (1864-1936) written in the Spanish language

Spanish language

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 by Wenceslao Emilio Retana y Gamboa (1862-1924), a 19th-century Spanish civil servant, colonial administrator, writer, publisher, bibliophile, Filipiniana

Filipiniana

Filipiniana, based on the definition by Isagani Medina from “Collection Building: Filipiniana,” in his In Developing Special Library Collections, Filipiniana: Proceedings , refers to Philippine-related books and non-book materials...

 collector, and Philippine scholar, who is also known simply as W.E. Retana. The 512-page book was published by Librería General de Victoriano Suárez of Madrid

Madrid

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, Spain

Spain

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 in 1907. It contains works of Rizal such as poems and essays in “Spanish of literary merit”, some “translations and short papers” written in Tagalog

Tagalog language

Tagalog is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by a third of the population of the Philippines and as a second language by most of the rest. It is the first language of the Philippine region IV and of Metro Manila...

, German

German language

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, French

French language

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, and English language

English language

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s, and a complete listing of Rizal’s writings. The prologue

Prologue

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 for W.E. Retana’s book on Rizal was written by Javier Gómez de la Serna, while the epilogue

Epilogue

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 was written by Miguel de Unamuno

Miguel de Unamuno

Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo was a Spanish essayist, novelist, poet, playwright and philosopher.-Biography:...

 (1864-1936). Vida y Escritos del Dr. José Rizal is the first biographical account of the life of Rizal written by a non-Filipino author (the second is Rizal: Philippine Nationalist and Martyr

Rizal: Philippine Nationalist and Martyr

Rizal, subtitled Philippine Nationalist and Martyr, is the biographical book about Philippine national hero José Rizal written by British author Austin Coates...

by British author Austin Coates

Austin Coates

Austin Coates was a British civil servant, writer and traveller. He was the son of noted English composer Eric Coates.Austin Coates wrote extensively on topics related to the Asia-Pacific region, particularly Hong Kong and Macau...

).

External links

• Vida y Escritos del Dr. José Rizal at books.google.com
• Vida y Escritos del Dr. José Rizal, archive.org