1861 – 1896 · National Hero of the Philippines
José Rizal: Physician, Novelist, and the Conscience of a Nation.
The complete resource on his life, his works, and his ideas — and what they still ask of the Philippines today.
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On This Day in Rizal’s Life
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The Life, 1861–1896
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Four Ways InLife ›
From Calamba to Bagumbayan — the whole life.
Works ›
The two novels, the poems, and the complete writings.
People ›
Family, friends, rivals, and the loves of his life.
Legacy ›
Monuments, a species named for him, and a revolution.
Gising, Pilipinas!
Rizal named the sickness of his time. What would he name in ours?
The civic heart of this site turns Rizal’s method on the Philippines of today — corruption, and what a citizen can actually do about it. From outrage, to understanding, to action.
Enter Gising ›The youth is the fair hope of the fatherland.
José Rizal · A la Juventud Filipina, 1879