Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was the author of El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, which is sometimes referred to as the first European novel.
Although he contributed immensely to the Spanish and World literature, Cervantes never became rich as a result of his work, and we do not know much about his when he was young.
He was born in 1547 as the son of surgeon Rodrigo de Cervantes in Alcalá de Henares, a small town near Madrid; it is believed that his mother, Leonor de Cortinas, was the descendant of Jews who had converted to Christianity. In 1584 Cervantes married the much younger Catalina de Salazar y Palacios; they had no children, although he had a daughter from an affair with an actress.
He moved to Italy in 1969 and he worked as valet to a wealthy priest. The following year, he enlisted as a soldier in the Spanish Navy Infantry regiment until 1575 when he was captured by Algerian corsairs from whom he was released after paying ransom.
Back in Spain, he published some works(La Galatea) and worked as purveyor and later as tax collector.
He was sent to prison because of discrepancies in his accounts for three years. In 1605 the first part of QUIJOTE was published and he settled in Madrid, where he lived and worked until his death.
He published the Novelas Ejemplares 1613, the Viaje al Parnasol in 1614 and in 1615 Ocho Comedia y Entremeses and the second part of EL Quijote.
Cervantes' final novel was Los trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda ("The Exploits of Persiles and Sigismunda"), published three days before his death on April 23, 1616.
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DON QUIJOTE DE LA MANCHA - QUIXOTE
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