Noli Me Tangere, Latin for Touch Me Not, was published in Berlin in 1887 by the young Filipino physician José Rizal. Written in Spanish, it exposed the abuses of Spanish colonial rule and of the friars who held great power in the Philippines, and it helped inspire the Philippine Revolution.
José Rizal · CatalogJosé RizalJosé Rizal · CatalogJosé Rizal (1861-1896), Filipino physician, novelist and patriot, was executed by the Spanish colonial government and is the national hero of the Philippines.The Social Cancer (Noli Me Tangere)
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Short biography: José Rizal in Great Lives