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Nick Joaquín as Translator of Rizal: The Poet Who Gave Rizal a Voice in English

Nick Joaquín as Translator of Rizal: The Poet Who Gave Rizal a Voice in English

Rizal wrote in Spanish. By the mid-twentieth century, most Filipinos read in English. Someone had to carry the work across that gap — and the person who did it best was one of the finest Filipino writers of his generation.