By Steph Kowalak and Matt Madigan
Cervantes was born in 1547 in Alcala de Henares, Spain. He died in 1616 in Madrid, Spain. He lived in Spain all his life.
-He was famous for his book Don Quixote -- The book was one of the greatest known masterpieces of world literature -The Priest. Ch 6. “For years this Cervantes has been a great friend of mine, and he certainly knows a lot about misfortune than poetry.”
-Don Quixote has been translated into 60 different languages -Cervantes thought that life was so dim, he enlisted in the army and was wounded -He was captured by the Turks and was held prisoner for 5 years -In 1597 he was thrown into jail in Seville were he was held for three months due to some uncertain matters. -His left hand was handicapped
If Miguel Cervantes was here today, he would probably be fascinated by modern day computers because he had to write everything by hand and a lot of mistakes could have been made.
Works Cited Miguel Cervantes info and pictures. 1 May Miguel de Cervates. 1 May Miguel de Cervates- biography. 1 May Renaissance and Reformation. N.p.: n.p., n.d
-Even though he was famous, he was poor -He also painted -His famous painting was called La Mancha, El ingenioso hidalgo