don quijote and miguel de cervantes saavedra

He was a notable short-story writer, and a few of those in his collection of Novelas exemplares (1613 Exemplary Stories) attain a level close to that of Don Quixote, on a miniature scale.Ĭervantes was born some 20 miles (32 km) from Madrid, probably on September 29 (the day of San Miguel). He tried his hand in all the major literary genres save the epic. At the same time, owing to their widespread representation in art, drama, and film, the figures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza are probably familiar visually to more people than any other imaginary characters in world literature. Editions continue regularly to be printed, and critical discussion of the work has proceeded unabated since the 18th century. His novel Don Quixote has been translated, in full or in part, into more than 60 languages. Miguel de Cervantes, in full Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, (born September 29?, 1547, Alcalá de Henares, Spain-died April 22, 1616, Madrid), Spanish novelist, playwright, and poet, the creator of Don Quixote (1605, 1615) and the most important and celebrated figure in Spanish literature. After that he served as a royal messenger, a commissary of provisions for the Spanish Armada, and a tax collector. As a young man, he was a soldier and was later held captive as a slave. Miguel de Cervantes never made much money from his writing in his lifetime.

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'Widely regarded as the world's first modern novel, and one of the funniest and most tragic books ever written, Don Quixote chronicles the famous picaresque adventures of the noble knight-errant Don Quixote of La Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, as they travel through sixteenth-century Spain.

Don quijote and miguel de cervantes saavedra