1. El filibusterismo
Why was it written?
Rizal wrote El Filibusterismo in dedication to the three martyred
priests Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora,
expressing conviction that their treatment and deaths at the hands
of the Spanish authorities was unjust.
where was it written?
Calamba, Laguna
Rizal, who began writing El Filibusterismo in October 1887
in Calamba, Laguna, revised some chapters while he was in
London and completed the book on March 29, 1891.
when was it written?
Philippine national hero Jose Rizal's (1861-1896) second novel, El
Filibusterismo (1891) was written in Castilian, a language only 1%
of the population could read, and published in Ghent. It is read in
every school in the Philippines, but in an English translation, or is
known by comic book or film versions.
