1. By Steph Kowalak and Matt Madigan www.cyberspain.com

2. Cervantes was born in 1547 in Alcala de Henares, Spain. He died in 1616 in Madrid, Spain. He lived in Spain all his life.

3. -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.”

4. -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

5. 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.

6. Works Cited Miguel Cervantes info and pictures. 1 May 2008. Miguel de Cervates. 1 May 2008. Miguel de Cervates- biography. 1 May 2008. Renaissance and Reformation. N.p.: n.p., n.d

7. -Even though he was famous, he was poor -He also painted -His famous painting was called La Mancha, El ingenioso hidalgo