Charles Derbyshire did a popular translation of this author's most famous poem, which is inscribed on a bronze monumentdesigned by Richard Kissling titled Motto Stella. In that poem's Âfirst stanza the speaker proclaims, "Gladly now I go togive thee this faded life's best, / And were it brighter, fresher, or more blest, / Still would I give it thee, nor count the cost"before concluding, "Beloved creatures all, farewell! In death there is rest!" This author wrote a novel whose protagonist leavesa nitroglycerin-packed lamp set to explode after twenty minutes as a wedding present after returning to his home countrydisguised as the jeweler Simoun. This author wrote "Mi Ultimo Adios" the day before his execution and penned a novel inwhich Captain Tiago raises Maria Clara and the evil friar Padre Damaso persecutes Crisostomo Ibarra. El Filibusterismo is thesequel to his novel titled after the Latin words Jesus spoke to Mary Magdalene. For 10 points, name this author who wroteNoli Me Tangere and is the national hero of the Philippines.
Charles Derbyshire did a popular translation of this author's most famous poem, which is inscribed on a bronze monumentdesigned by Richard Kissling titled Motto Stella. In that poem's Âfirst stanza the speaker proclaims, "Gladly now I go togive thee this faded life's best, / And were it brighter, fresher, or more blest, / Still would I give it thee, nor count the cost"before concluding, "Beloved creatures all, farewell! In death there is rest!" This author wrote a novel whose protagonist leavesa nitroglycerin-packed lamp set to explode after twenty minutes as a wedding present after returning to his home countrydisguised as the jeweler Simoun. This author wrote "Mi Ultimo Adios" the day before his execution and penned a novel inwhich Captain Tiago raises Maria Clara and the evil friar Padre Damaso persecutes Crisostomo Ibarra. El Filibusterismo is thesequel to his novel titled after the Latin words Jesus spoke to Mary Magdalene. For 10 points, name this author who wroteNoli Me Tangere and is the national hero of the Philippines.
Charles Derbyshire did a popular translation of this author's most famous poem, which is inscribed on a bronze monumentdesigned by Richard Kissling
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