Banaag at Sikat

Banaag at Sikat
1906 original title page of Banaag at Sikat
AuthorLope K. Santos
LanguageTagalog
GenreFiction
Publication date
1906
Publication placePhilippines

Banaag at Sikat or From Early Dawn to Full Light is one of the first literary novels written by Filipino author Lope K. Santos in the Tagalog language in 1906. As a book that was considered as the "Bible of working class Filipinos", the pages of the novel revolves around the life of Delfin, his love for a daughter of a rich landlord, while Lope K. Santos also discusses the social issues such as socialism, capitalism, and the works of the united associations of laborers.