www.cyberspain.com
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 2008
<http://www.cyberspain.com/year/index.htm>. Miguel
de Cervates. 1 May 2008
<http://http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/cervante.htm>.
Miguel de Cervates- biography. 1 May 2008
<http://http://www.online-literature.com/ cervantes/>.
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