Topic: Marcelo H.

Del Pilar

 Marcelo H. Del Pilar (Marcelo Hilario del Pilar y Gatmaitán) is popularly known
for his pen name of Plaridel, Pupdoh, Piping Dilat, Dolores Manapat at Siling
Labuyo.
 He was born and brought up in sitio Cupang, barrio San Nicolás, Bulakan,
Bulacan on August 30, 1850.
 Del Pilar started schooling in the private school owned by Sr. José Flores then he
transferred at the Colegio de San Jose and then he studied philosophy and law at
the University of Santo Tomas.
 He established the Diariong Tagalog on June 1, 1882.
 To avoid banishment, he was forced to travel to Spain in 1888.
 He was assisted by Fr. Serrano Laktao in publishing different Cathecism and
Passion book wherein they made fun of the priests.
 Upon his arrival in Spain, he replaced Graciano Lopez Jaena as editor of La
Solidaridad.
 Del Pilar died because of tuberculosis in Spain on July 4, 1896 but before he
died, he asked his companions to tell his wife and children that he was sorry he
wasn't able to bid them goodbye.
 Before dying, del Pilar retracted from Masonry and received the sacraments of
the church.

Writings of Marcelo H. Del Pilar

1. Pag-ibig sa Tinubuang Lupa (Love of Country)

• Published on August 20, 1882, in Diariong Tagalog.
2. Caiigat Cayo (Be as Slippery as an Eel)
• A humorous and sarcastic dig in answer to Fr. Jose Rodriguez in the novel Noli of
Rizal.
• Published in Barcelona in 1888
• He used Dolores Manapat as pen name here.

3. Dasalan at Tocsohan (Prayers and Mockeries)

• Similar to a cathecism but sarcastically done against Spanish friars.
• Written in Barcelona during 1888
• Because of this, del Pilar was called “filibuster.”
4. Ang Cadaquilaan ng Dios (The Greatness of God)
•Published in Barcelona
•Also like a cathecism sarcastically aimed against the parish priests but also
contains a philosophy of the power and intelligence of God and an appreciation for
and love for nature.

5. Sagot sa Espanya sa Hibik ng Pilipinas (Answer to Spain on the Plea of the

Filipinos)
•A poem pleading for change from Spain
•Answer to that of Hermenigildo Flores’ Hibik sa Pilipinas (A Plea from the
Philippines).

6. Dupluhan... Dalit... Mga Bugtong (A poetical contest in narrative sequence, psalms,

riddles)
•A compilation of poems on the oppression by the priests in the Philippines.

7. La Soberania En Pilipinas (Sovereignty in the Philippines)

•This shows the injustices of the friars to the Filipinos

8. Por Telepono (By Telephone)

•Were inspired by the Dasalan at Tocsohan and Pasióng Dapat Ipag-alab nang Puso
nang Tauong Babasa sa Calupitán nang Fraile.

9. Pasióng Dapat Ipag-alab nang Puso nang Tauong Babasa sa Calupitán nang Fraile
(The Passion that Should Inflame the Hearts of Those Who Read About the Cruelty
of the Friars)