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Instituto Cervantes (Spanish: [instiˈtuto θerˈβantes], the Cervantes Institute) is a worldwide nonprofit organization created by the Spanish government in 1991. [2] It is named after Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), the author of Don Quixote and perhaps the most important figure in the history of Spanish literature .
[32] [33] The Más Allá de Guanajuato (Beyond Guanajuato) program to bring Cervantino cultural events to other parts of the country, free to the public. As of 2014, the program has sponsored events in over 100 venues in 26 states and the Federal District. These include schools, cultural center, libraries and correctional institutions. [34]
Spanish writer Álvaro Pombo wins the Miguel de Cervantes Prize. Disasters and accidents. 2024 Indo-Pakistani smog. The Pakistani Health Department reports that at least 1.8 million people in Punjab, Pakistan have become sick with respiratory and eye irritation ailments caused by chronic, record-breaking air pollution.
Edith Marion Grossman (née Dorph; March 22, 1936 – September 4, 2023) was an American literary translator.Known for her work translating Latin American and Spanish literature to English, she translated the works of Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez, Mayra Montero, Augusto Monterroso, Jaime Manrique, Julián Ríos, Álvaro Mutis, and Miguel de ...
NY Stage & Film, Vassar, Roundabout Theatre Company [34] With new book by Fontana 2016 Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater [35] Elliot Rosewater Encores! New York City Center 2017 Man of La Mancha: Don Quixote / Miguel de Cervantes Merkin Hall: Concert 2018 Tootsie: Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels Cadillac Palace Theatre
Three of the 50 winners of the Miguel de Cervantes Prize have also won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Octavio Paz (Cervantes 1981, Nobel 1990) and Mario Vargas Llosa (Cervantes 1994, Nobel 2010), were awarded the Nobel Prize in subsequent years, while Camilo José Cela received the Nobel Prize in 1989 and was awarded the Cervantes Prize in 1995.
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.
Cervantes' use of the supposed translation of a true record of events is a parody of an element commonly found in the books of chivalry.For example, Wolfram von Eschenbach attributes his Parzival to a translation made by the Provençal Kyot of an Arabic manuscript from Toledo; in the Cristalián de España, author Beatriz Bernal claims that she found a book in an ancient tomb, and explains her ...