Cervantes travel guide

Don Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (miˈɣel ðe θerˈβantes saaˈβeðra in modern Spanish; September 29, 1547 - April 23, 1616) was a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright. Cervantes was one of the most important and influential people in literature and the leading figure associated with the cultural flourishing of sixteenth century Spain (the Siglo de Oro). He was also a painter. His novel Don Quixote is considered as a founding classic of Western literature and regularly figures among the best novels ever written; it has been translated into more than sixty-five languages, while editions continue regularly to be printed, and critical discussion of the work has persisted unabated since the 18th century. His work is considered among the most important in all of literature. He has been dubbed el Príncipe de los Ingenios (the Prince of Wits).
Cervantes, born in Alcalá de Henares, was the fourth of seven children, of a doctor in a family whose origins may have been of the minor gentry. The family moved from town to town, and little is known of Cervantes's early years. We do know that he was educated throughout Spain and Italy. Cervantes made his literary début in 1568. In his early life he went on to work under a cardinal (a high-ranking official) in the Catholic Church. By 1570 he had been enlisted as a soldier in a Spanish infantry regiment and continued his military life until 1575, when he was captured by barbary pirates on his return home. He was ransomed by his pirates and the Trinitarians and returned to his family in Madrid. (...) more....

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