
author
1547–1616
Best known for writing Don Quixote, he helped shape the modern novel with a story that is funny, humane, and surprisingly modern. His own life was full of hardship, adventure, and long years of trying to make a living from writing.

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Born in Alcalá de Henares in 1547, Miguel de Cervantes is widely regarded as Spain’s greatest writer. His life was anything but quiet: he served as a soldier, was wounded at the Battle of Lepanto, and later spent years in captivity in Algiers after being seized by corsairs.
After returning to Spain, he worked in a series of jobs while continuing to write. He published poems, plays, and prose, but lasting fame came with Don Quixote, issued in two parts in 1605 and 1615. The novel’s playful mix of comedy, invention, and deep feeling made it one of the most influential books in world literature.
Cervantes died in Madrid in 1616. No authenticated portrait of him is known, but his voice as a writer remains unmistakable: lively, ironic, compassionate, and deeply interested in the gap between dreams and reality.