By Steph Kowalak and Matt Madigan

www.cyberspain.com

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 CitedMiguel 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

calledLa Mancha, El ingenioso

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