The Birthing of Hannibal Valdez

The Birthing of Hannibal Valdez is a novella written in 1984 by award-winning Filipino author, poet, journalist, and editor,[1] Alfredo “Freddie” Navarro Salanga. It is also known as The Birthing of Hannibal Valdez: A Novella[2] Presented in a bilingual book divided into two parts, the English original version and an accompanying Pilipino version, based on the translation by Romulo A. Sandoval, entitled Ang Pagsisilang kay Hannibal Valdez.[3] It has a foreword written by Virgilio S. Almario.[4]

The Birthing of Hannibal Valdez
Book cover for Alfrredo Navarro Salanga's The Birthing of Hannibal Valdez.
AuthorAlfrredo Navarro Salanga
LanguageEnglish, Tagalog
GenreFiction
Publication placePhilippines

One of its lead characters is Leon Valdez.[5]

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