Last name: Cervantes Saavedra
Name/names: Miguel de
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Born: 29 September 1547 (Alcala de Henares, Spain)
Died: 23 April 1616 (Madrid, Spain)
Category: Literature.
Cervantes Saavedra Miguel – ur. 29(?).IX.1547 W ALCALA DE HENARES, He died 23.IV.1616 in Madrid. An outstanding novelist and Spanish playwright. Do 22 year of life with the family (Father Cyrulik) he stayed in Valladolid, Madrid and Sevilli. There is no certain data about his studies, besides, that he was a student of humanist Juan Hoyos, zwolennika Erazma z Rotterdamu. Harsh conditions (He was one of the seven children) zmusiły go do wyjazdu do Włoch w służbie kardynała Acquavivy. He took part in the famous maritime battle with the Turks at Lepanto (1571), where he was seriously wounded. On the way back to the country (1575) He was captured by Algerian, where he stayed 5 years, trying. In the country he became a royal grain and olive, He wandered on the roads of Spain, exposing yourself to trouble and conflicts, which twice led him to prison. Tam powstały pierwsze rozdziały Don Kichota (1605). He started writing early, a pierwszym opublikowanym dziełem był konwencjonalny romans pasterski Galatea (1584). At that time he wrote OK. 20 dramatic works, Issued successfully by wandering acting corpses, of which only two survived, w tym sławna tragedia patriotyczna Numbers. W 1615 he published 8 comedy, written under the influence of Lopego de Wega, and as many intermeszes – realistic moral sketches, które obok jego głównego dzieła przetrwały wraz z Transmission novels (1613, wide. pol. 1925).