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Lope K. Santos

Lope K. Santos was a Filipino Tagalog-language writer and former senator of the Philippines. He is best known for his 1906 socialist novel, Banaag at Sikat and for his contributions to the development of Filipino grammar and Tagalog orthography.

Si Lope K. Santos ay isang tanyag na manunulat sa wikang Tagalog noong kanyang panahon, sa simula ng ika-19 dantaon. Bukod sa pagiging manunulat, isa rin siyang tagapagtanggol, kritiko, lider obrero, at itinuturing na Ama ng Pambansang Wika at Balarila ng Pilipinas.

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