Florante at Laura

About “Florante at Laura”

Florante at Laura is an 1838 awit written by the Tagalog poet Francisco Balagtas. The work was dedicated to his former sweetheart, María Asunción Rivera, who was known to him as "M.A.R." and also referred to as Selya in the poem Kay Selya. The story is a significant piece of Philippine literature and reflects Balagtas's personal experiences and emotions. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)