What are the works and writings of Jose Rizal?

Rizal wrote mostly in Spanish, the then lingua franca of Filipino scholars, though some of his letters (for example Sa Mga Kababaihang Taga Malolos) were written in Tagalog. His works have since been translated into a number of languages including Tagalog and English.

Novels and essays

• Noli Me Tángere, novel, 1887 (literally Spanish for 'touch me not', from John 20:17)
• El Filibusterismo, (novel, 1891), sequel to Noli Me Tángere
• Mi Último Adiós, poem, 1896 (literally "My Last Farewell" )
• Alin Mang Lahi” (“Whate’er the Race”), a Kundiman attributed to Dr. José Rizal
• The Friars and the Filipinos (Unfinished)
• Toast to Juan Luna and Felix Hidalgo (Speech, 1884), given at Restaurante Ingles, Madrid
• The Diaries of José Rizal
• Rizal's Letters is a compendium of Dr. Jose Rizal's letters to his family members, Blumentritt, Fr. Pablo Pastells and other reformers
• "Come se gobiernan las Filipinas" (Governing the Philippine islands)
• Filipinas dentro de cien años essay, 1889-90 (The Philippines a Century Hence)
• La Indolencia de los Filipinos, essay, 1890 (The indolence of Filipinos)
• Makamisa unfinished novel
• Sa Mga Kababaihang Taga Malolos, essay, 1889, To the Young Women of Malolos
• Annotations to Antonio de Moragas, Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas (essay, 1889, Events in the Philippine Islands)

Poetry

• A La Juventud Filipina
• El Canto Del Viajero
• Briayle Crismarl
• Canto Del Viajero
• Canto de María Clara
• Dalit sa Paggawa
• Felicitación
• Kundiman (Tagalog)
• Me Piden Versos
• Mi primera inspiracion
• Mi Retiro
• Mi Ultimo Adiós
• Por La Educación (Recibe Lustre La Patria)
• Sa Sanggol na si Jesus
• To My Muse (A Mi Musa)
• Un Recuerdo A Mi Pueblo
• A Man in Dapitan

Plays

• El Consejo de los Dioses (The council of Gods)
• Junto Al Pasig (Along the Pasig)
• San Euistaquio, Mártyr (Saint Eustache, the martyr)

Other works

Rizal also tried his hand at painting and sculpture. His most famous sculptural work was "The Triumph of Science over Death", a clay sculpture of a naked young woman with overflowing hair, standing on a skull while bearing a torch held high. The woman symbolized the ignorance of humankind during the Dark Ages, while the torch she bore symbolized the enlightenment science brings over the whole world. He sent the sculpture as a gift to his dear friend Ferdinand Blumentritt, together with another one named "The Triumph of Death over Life".
The woman is shown trampling the skull, a symbol of death, to signify the victory the humankind achieved by conquering the bane of death through their scientific advancements. The original sculpture is now displayed at the Rizal Shrine Museum at Fort Santiago in Intramuros, Manila. A large replica, made of concrete, stands in front of Fernando Calderón Hall, the building which houses the College of Medicine of the University of the Philippines Manila along Pedro Gil Street in Ermita, Manila.