Miguel de Cervantes

✶September 29, 1547

†April 22, 1616

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About their life

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".

Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright (1547-1616)

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