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Name: Miguel de Cervantes, Saavedra
Birth Date: 1547
Death Date: April 23, 1616
Place of Birth: Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Place of Death: Madrid, Spain
Nationality: Spanish
Gender: Male
Occupations: author, novelist

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Biography of Miguel de Cervantes
3,081 words, approx. 10 pages
Through his authorship of Don Quixote and other lesser known works, Miguel de Cervantes has had an inestimable impact on the development of modern fiction. Don Quixote represents the first extended prose narrative in European literature in which...
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Biography of Miguel de Cervantes, Saavedra
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The Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616) is the greatest novelist of the Spanish language. His masterpiece, "Don Quixote," is one of the most important and influential books in the history of the novel. Miguel de Cervantes was born...


Quotations
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Miguel de Cervantes Quotes
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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra ( 29 September 1547 – 23 April 1616 ), was a Spanish novelist, poet and playwright. He is best known for his novel Don Quixote , or Don Quijote de la Mancha , which is considered by many to be the first modern novel, one...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Cervantes, Miguel De
5,318 words, approx. 18 pages
(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. His novel...
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Cervantes (Saavedra), Miguel De
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(born Sept. 29?, 1547, Alcalá de Henares, Spain—died April 22, 1616, Madrid) Spanish novelist, playwright, and poet, the most celebrated figure in Spanish literature. After studying in Madrid, Cervantes joined the Italian infantry, fought...
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Miguel de Cervantes Information
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Don Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra[b] (IPA: [miˈɣel ðe θerˈβantes saaˈβeðra] in modern Spanish; September 29, 1547 – April 23, 1616) was a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright. Cervantes was one of the most important and influential...


News and Journals
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Cervantes: Bulletin of the Cervantes Society of America
Un médico examina a Cervantes (1).(Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra)
09/22/2004: 3,337 words, approx. 11 pages
Los estudios cervantinos han recibido contribuciones de peritos en campos muy diversos. El médico veterinario Justino Pollos Herrera, por ejemplo, escribió sobre caballos y mulos en sus obras, y señala cómo Avellaneda no los conoce tan profundamente como Cervantes. (2) Miguel Querol Gavaldá...
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Cervantes: Bulletin of the Cervantes Society of America
Introduction.(clothing and costume in the works of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra)
03/22/2004: 1,587 words, approx. 5 pages
This issue of Cervantes features a happy convergence of meditations on clothing and identity in the works of Miguel de Cervantes. Any moderately engaged reader of Don Quijote can recall characters or episodes associated with some article of clothing that elides the notion...
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Antonio Gamoneda wins Cervantes Prize
4/24/2007: 377 words, approx. 1 pages
Spanish poet Antonio Gamoneda has received the Cervantes Prize, drawing parallels between his childhood in poverty and the hardship endured by the writer whose name adorns Spain's top literature award.Gamoneda, 76, bowed his head as King Juan Carlos placed a medallion around his neck in...
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Colombia honors writer Garcia Marquez
3/26/2007: 713 words, approx. 2 pages
Gabriel Garcia Marquez delighted his language's guardians _ as well as a king and eight current and former presidents _ with a classic story about being a starving writer: how he managed to finish what many consider the greatest novel in Spanish since "Don Quixote."That...
 


Criticism and Essays
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Miguel de Cervantes
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Essay discusses the life and accomplishments of Miguel de Cervantes who produces famous works such as "Don Quixote."
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Essay Grade: 86%
Miguel Cervantes
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Without a doubt, Miguel de Cervantes and Don Quixote continue to have a large impact on literature and art to this day. Cervantes' comparison of idealism verses naturalism caught the literary world by surprise and became the stepping stone to many great works to follow.


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