Fikry Cassidy, the Chargé d’affaires ad interim of the Embassy of Malaysia Dr.

The gathering took place on the 6 th of February at Museum Sopiahof and included many guests from Philippine’s Diaspora, board members of the Multatuli Genootschap, academe as well as many others.įrom the diplomatic corps we noticed the deputy head of the Embassy of Indonesia Minister Mr. Jose Rizal, by publishing this Dutch translation. Arp for his contribution to promote the legacy of Dr.

Of course the first exemplar of El Filibusterismo, translated from the original Spanish version, as De Revolutie, was presented to Ambassador Ledda by the translator and publisher Gerard Arp. De revolutie front – El Filibusterismo written by Dr Jose Rizal. This included also the earlier mentioned author Multatuli, who was in fact the civil servant Eduard Douwes Dekker, who wrote the Max Havelaar based on his experiences in in the residency Banten on Java. Finally, Jan Mulder’s lecture placed Rizal in the historical context of the 19 th century in comparison with the Netherlands-Indies (nowadays Indonesia). He mentioned the fact – although Rizal – never visited The Netherlands, the El Filibusterismo was clearly influenced by one of Netherlands’ greatest literary works the 19 th century Max Havelaar by Multatuli.Īfter ambassador Ledda, the renowned Rizal scholar from Belgium, Lucien Spittael, entertained the attendants with a visual history of Rizal’s life in Europe, which brought us through countries like Great Britain, Swiss, Germany, France and Belgium. Jose Rizal and his connection with The Netherlands.

Jaime Victor Ledda, the Ambassador of The Philippines to The Netherlands.Īmbassador Ledda held an interesting expose about Dr. Last year during the embassies Independence Day reception Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere was presented to H.E. The Order of Knights of Rizal together with the Embassy of the Philippines in The Hague launched Gerard Arp’s Dutch translation of El Filibusterismo, written in the 19 th century by Jose Rizal, the national hero of The Philippines. In the picture, Knights of Rizal with H.E.

Jose rizal writing el filibusterismo