Jose N. Sevilla

Born in Biñan, Laguna, José N. Sevilla is generally identified in library and reference sources as a Filipino Tagalog folklorist, novelist, dramatist, and grammarian. Sources found for this overview also connect him with educational and literary work in Tagalog, which fits the range of titles now preserved in public-domain collections.

His surviving works show how wide that range was. They include novels such as Ang Pag-ibig ng Layas, literary and folkloric pieces such as Alamat ng Ilang-Ilang, and educational or historical writing including Mga Dakilang Pilipino. Together, these works suggest a writer deeply interested in language, storytelling, and national memory.

He is listed in major library-style catalogs as living from 1880 to 1946, though one source also gives a birth date of October 29, 1879, showing that some biographical details vary across records. Even with that uncertainty, his place in early Tagalog literature is clear: he wrote across genres and helped keep Filipino history, folklore, and reading culture alive for later generations.