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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
(September
29, 1547 -
April 23,
1616), was a Spanish author, best known(mayoritariamente conocido) for his novel Don Quixote de la
Mancha. |
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was born to a family of modest means(medios
económicos) in 1547 in Alcalá de Henares, Spain.
He never obtained a university education(educación
universitaria). In 1569 he left for(partió
para) Italy where some elegies(elegías) he wrote
were published. He also joined(unió, alistó) a Spanish regiment(regimiento) there and was wounded(herido)
while fighting in the Battle of Lepanto against the Turks(turcos) in 1571; as a
consequence, he lost the use of left hand.
From then on(desde entonces) he was called 'el
manco de Lepanto' (the one-handed man of Lepanto). In 1575, while returning
to Spain from the Netherlands(Holanda, países bajos), he was captured by Barbary pirates based in
Algiers. He was held captive(mantenido cautivo, preso) in Algiers until he was freed(liberado) in 1580 when his
ransom(rescate) was paid.
Upon returning(regresando) to Spain he married Catalina de Salazar y Palacios in 1584
and published La Galatea a year later; he was a supplier(proveedor,
distribuidor) and a tax collector(recaudador de impuestos)
for a while(durante un tiempo).
Cervantes began writing Don Quixote in 1597 while imprisoned(mientras
estaba prisionero) in Sevilla for
debt(debido a las deudas). In 1605 he published Part I of his major work(obra
más importante), formally known as El
Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (The Ingenious Gentleman Don
Quixote of La Mancha). Part II did not appear until 1615. Between Part I and
Part II of Don Quixote he published Novelas Ejemplares (The Exemplary Novels),
a collection of twelve short stories. In 1615, he published Ocho Comedias y
Ocho Entremeses Nuevos Nunca Representias although his most famous play(obra) today, La Numancia,
stayed unedited(permaneció sin editar) until the 18th century.
His novel Los Trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda was published posthumously(póstumamente)
one year after his death in 1616. Interestingly(curiosamente) enough, he considered it to
be his best work and far superior(muy superior) to Don Quixote.
His influence was such(tal) that in French and Spanish, the Spanish language is
referred to proverbially(conocida por todos) as la langue/la lengua de Cervantes. |
Inglés
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Francés |
Alemán
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Italiano |
Otros
1 (A-E)
| 2 (F-L) |
3 (N-S)
| 4 (T-U)
Árabe |
Chino |
Esperanto
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Griego
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Japonés
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Portugués
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Rumano
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Ruso
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Catalán
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Euskera