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Rizal is usually portrayed in extremes either as a sinner or a saint, but Guerrero took the middle ground and gave his readers a human Rizal. Guerrero’s extensive and sensitive use of Rizal’s correspondence and writings shaped a new and more human picture of Rizal. It is remarkable in that the biographer usually stands aside and allows Rizal to speak for himself.” – Ambeth R. Ocampo.
“To Guerrero, Rizal is the greatest man produced by the Malay race; but he does not depict him as a saint or a stuffed shirt—rather, as a very human person, with faults common to many men, and even with “an eye for the fair sex,” a failing which some of our countrymen, who want to canonize the hero, would rather omit or gloss over.” – Carlos Quirino
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Author Biography
Leon Ma. Guerrero (1915-1982) was an esteemed statesman and writer. During the Magsaysay administration, Guerrero was appointed Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, and would later in his retirement be awarded the Gawad Mabini for his career of distinguished foreign service. As a writer, he has to his name, among others, translations of Rizal’s classics, as well as the definitive Rizal biography, The First Filipino.
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- Publisher/Imprint Anvil Publishing Inc. / Anvil History
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9789712735738 / 9712735738
- Publication Country or regionPhilippines
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 11.37 USD
- Pages384
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleThe First Filipino
- Original Language AuthorsLeon Ma. Guerrero
- Edition1st
- Dimensions6 x 9 inches
- Reference CodePBTR9789712735738
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