author
Alonso Fernández de Avellaneda
Best known as the mysterious name attached to a 1614 unauthorized sequel to Don Quixote, this shadowy figure still sparks debate centuries later. The book became part of literary history by provoking Miguel de Cervantes to publish his own second part soon after.
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El Quijote apócrifo
by Alonso Fernández de Avellaneda
About the author
Alonso Fernández de Avellaneda is the pseudonym used by the unknown author of Segundo tomo del ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, an apocryphal continuation of Cervantes's Don Quixote published in 1614. Even now, scholars have not reached agreement on who was really behind the name.
Because so little can be verified about the person, Avellaneda remains more of a literary mystery than a conventional biographical subject. What is clear is that the sequel drew enough attention to become a lasting part of the story surrounding Don Quixote and its reception.
That strange afterlife is what keeps Avellaneda interesting: an almost invisible author whose single known work helped shape how readers remember one of the most famous novels ever written.