Miguel de Cervantes

Born

September 29, 1547

Died

April 22, 1616 (aged 68)

Known as

novelist, playwright, poet, lyricist, soldier, writer

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was a Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists. He is best known for his two-part novel Don Quixote, a work considered to be the first modern novel. Don Quixote has been labelled by many well-known authors as the "best book of all time" and the "best and most central work in world literature".

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