WORKS BY JOSÉ RIZAL: The Reign of Greed. The Social Cancer. The Philippines. Friars and Filipinos. The Indolence. An Eagle Flight.

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.