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Nínay is a novel in the Spanish language written by Pedro Alejandro Paterno, and is the first novel authored by a native Filipino. Paterno authored this novel when he was twenty-three years old and while living in Spain in 1885, the novel was later translated into English in 1907 and into Tagalog in 1908.
Nínay, written by Pedro Alejandro Paterno in 1885, was the first novel authored by a native Filipino. Originally written in Spanish, it was later translated to English and Tagalog. The novel explores the life and love story of the protagonist Ninay and examines Philippine customs and culture.
Nínay: Costumbres filipinas (in English, "Nínay: Filipino Customs"), is a very obscure and forgotten 1885 Spanish-language novel by the Filipino ilustrado (intellectual), polymath, author-ethnographer, and later diplomat and politician, Pedro Paterno note .
Jul 31, 2016 · Marooned in an island after being given up for dead in the raging storm at sea, Carlos was separated from Nínay. He survived and found himself rescuing a woman fleeing a band of fierce savages. A woman with unloosened hair, followed by a group of ferocious savages broke from the midst of the conflict.
This study of Pedro Paterno’s Nínay (1885) examines the first novel to be published by a Filipino author, setting the work against the background of the author’s activities in Madrid and his work as a writer, host and diplomat.
Almost no one remembers the first Filipino novel: the 1885 "Nínay". (yes, it was first!) and even fewer have probably read it (in the original Spanish or in Tagalog or English translation). time to...
Feb 14, 2023 · Having brilliantly completed his university studies in Spain — he obtained a doctorate in civil and canon law in 1880 — he decided to settle in a sumptuous apartment in Madrid that became famous for its unique collection of Philippine art. Nínay may be considered the first modern novel ever written by a Filipino.
