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Biography

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
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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...


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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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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...


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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...
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Thaw begins in famous literary fight
3/22/2007: 850 words, approx. 3 pages
With one right hook, an epochal friendship was destroyed and a rift opened between two of Latin America's most celebrated authors.At a 1976 movie premiere in Mexico City, Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa _ with no apparent provocation _ landed a punch to the left...
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New details on famous literary fight
3/23/2007: 850 words, approx. 3 pages
With one right hook, an epochal friendship was destroyed and a rift opened between two of Latin America's most celebrated authors.At a 1976 movie premiere in Mexico City, Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa _ with no apparent provocation _ landed a punch to the left...
 


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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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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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