''Without Seeing the Dawn'' is a 1947 novel by Philippine author

Stevan Javellana Stevan Javellana (1918–1977) was a Filipino novelist and short story writer in the English language. He is also known as Esteban Javellana.José Rizal José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (, ; June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896) was a Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is considered the national he ...

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novel '' Noli Me Tangere'' or ''Touch Me Not''. Javellana's 368-paged book has two parts, namely ''Day'' and ''Night''. The first part, ''Day'', narrates the story of a pre-war

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and its people in the Panay Island particularly in Iloilo. The second part, ''Night'', begins with the start of World War II in both the U.S. and the Philippines, and retells the story of the resistance movement against the occupying Japanese military forces of the barrio people first seen in ''Day''. It narrates the people's "grim experiences" during the war.No. 173: "Without Seeing the Dawn"
(...) "''Stevan Javellana’s 'Without Seeing the Dawn' tells of the grim experiences of war during the Japanese Occupation.''" (...) First published in 1947, Javellana's

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sold 125,000 copies in the U.S. and was reprinted in paperback edition in Manila by Alemar's-Phoenix in 1976.Florentino, Alberto and Francisco Arcellana, Without Seeing the Dawn: A Review (''Javellana: Did He Die Without Seeing the Dawn? - The Odyssey of a Young Writer’s First and Only Novel Without Seeing the Dawn''), PALH Book Reviews (undated)
retrieved on: June 16, 2007 The same novel was made into a film by the Filipino filmmaker and director, Lino Brocka under the title ''Santiago!'', which starred the Filipino actor and later presidential candidate,

Fernando Poe, Jr. Ronald Allan Kelley Poe (August 20, 1939 – December 14, 2004), known professionally as Fernando Poe Jr., and often referred to by his initials FPJ, was a Filipino actor, film director, producer, screenwriter, and politician. His long and s ...

and the Filipino actress, Hilda Koronel. It was also made into a miniseries film for Philippine television. The published novel received praises from the New York Times, New York Sun and Chicago Sun. ''Without Seeing the Dawn'', the novel, became the culmination of Javellana's short-story writing career. The said novel was also known under the title ''The Lost Ones''. It was adapted into the Filipino television play ''Malayo Pa Ang Umaga''.

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