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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (/ s ɜːr ˈ v æ n t iː z,-t ɪ z / sur-VAN-teez, -tiz; [5] Spanish: [miˈɣel de θeɾˈβantes saaˈβeðɾa]; 29 September 1547 (assumed) – 22 April 1616 NS) [6] was a Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists.
Miguel de Cervantes (1547−1616) — renowned Spanish Renaissance writer during the Spanish Golden Age Wikiquote has quotations related to Miguel de Cervantes . Wikisource has original works by or about:
La Galatea is an imitation of the Diana of Jorge de Montemayor, and shows an even greater resemblance to Gaspar Gil Polo's continuation of the Diana.Next to Don Quixote and the Novelas exemplares, his pastoral romance is considered particularly notable because it predicts the poetic direction in which Cervantes would go for the rest of his career.
Pedro Calderón de la Barca Miguel de Cervantes. Cabret (late 14th century), translator; Javier Cacho Gomez (born 1952), scientific writer and novelist; Fernando Cagigal (1756–1824), poet and playwright; Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600–1681), playwright and poet of the Spanish Golden Age; Luis Carandell Robusté (1929–2002), journalist ...
La gitanilla ("The Little Gypsy Girl") is the first novella contained in Miguel de Cervantes' collection of short stories, the Novelas ejemplares (The Exemplary Novels).. La gitanilla is the story of a 15 year old gypsy girl named Preciosa, who is said to be talented, extremely beautiful, and wise beyond her years.
Francisco de Terrazas (fl. 16th century) was a Mexican poet who wrote during the sixteenth century. Not much is known about Terrazas's life, and his work has only been found in fragments. His works include Sea and Land and The New World and its Conquest. Don Quixote author Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was among those who praised Terrazas.
The Convent of the Barefoot Trinitarians (Spanish: Convento de las Monjas Trinitarias Descalzas) is a convent located in Madrid, Spain. The writer Miguel de Cervantes was buried at the convent in 1616. His remains were temporarily transferred elsewhere in 1673 during a reconstruction and were lost until forensic scientists discovered them in 2015.
"Rinconete y Cortadillo" (or "Novela de Rinconete y Cortadillo") [1] is one of the twelve short stories included in Novelas Ejemplares, by Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes. It describes the comical adventures of two petty criminals as they travel to Seville and are then taken in by the city's thieves' guild .