Pedro Paterno
AKA Pedro Alejandro Paterno
- Author of the 1st Filipino novel written in Tagalog, Ninay (1907)
- Author of the 1st Filipino collection of poems in Spanish, Sampaguitas y poesias (Jasmines and Poems), published in Madrid (1880)
QUOTE
“Forward, Filipinos, and the sun of victory will shine upon us.”
DATE OF BIRTH
February 27, 1858
BIRTHPLACE
Santa Cruz, Manila, Philippines
YEAR OF DEATH
March 11, 1911
USEFUL LINKS
The first Filipino novel