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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Born

in Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), Spain

July 11, 1547

Died

April 23, 1616

Genre

Fiction, Poetry, Drama

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Miguel de Cervantes y Cortinas, later Saavedra was a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright. His novel Don Quixote is often considered his magnum opus, as well as the first modern novel.

It is assumed that Miguel de Cervantes was born in Alcalá de Henares. His father was Rodrigo de Cervantes, a surgeon of cordoban descent. Little is known of his mother Leonor de Cortinas, except that she was a native of Arganda del Rey.

In 1569, Cervantes moved to Italy, where he served as a valet to Giulio Acquaviva, a wealthy priest who was elevated to cardinal the next year. By then, Cervantes had enlisted as a soldier in a Spanish Navy infantry regiment and continued his military life until 1575, when he was captured by Algerian corsairs. He was then rele ...more

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Average rating: 3.89 · 324,745 ratings · 15,312 reviews · 4,457 distinct works • Similar authors

	Don Quixote 3.90 avg rating — 271,743 ratings — published 1605 — 6186 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Don Quixote de La Mancha, Vol. 1 4.05 avg rating — 6,830 ratings — published 1605 — 1089 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Don Quixote de La Mancha II (Don Quijote de la Mancha, #2) 4.19 avg rating — 5,205 ratings — published 1615 — 952 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Novelas ejemplares I 3.69 avg rating — 3,183 ratings — published 1613 — 541 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de La Mancha 4.32 avg rating — 1,895 ratings — published 2004 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dialogue of the Dogs by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, William Rolandson (Translator), Ben Okri (Foreword by) 3.62 avg rating — 1,316 ratings — published 1613 — 78 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La gitanilla 3.24 avg rating — 1,273 ratings — published 1613 — 117 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rinconete y Cortadillo 3.10 avg rating — 1,316 ratings — published 1613 — 157 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El licenciado Vidriera 3.23 avg rating — 866 ratings — published 1613 — 55 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Novelas Ejemplares II by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Harry Sieber (Editor) 3.76 avg rating — 589 ratings — published 1962 — 58 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Don Quijote de la Mancha (2 books)
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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

4.11 avg rating — 12,033 ratings

Novelas Ejemplares (1 book)
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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra,

Harry Sieber (Editor)

3.70 avg rating — 3,771 ratings

Don Quijote de La Mancha (19 books)
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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

4.30 avg rating — 2,060 ratings

Don Kihot (4 books)
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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra,

Stanko Leben (Translator)

3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings

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1st Quarter Long Read Classic Poll-January 2015

1844, The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, 1276 pages

18 votes, 34.0%

1605, Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, 982 pages

10 votes, 18.9%

1847, Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray, 867 pages

6 votes, 11.3%

1973, Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon, 776 pages

6 votes, 11.3%

1880, The Brothers Karamazov byFyodor Dostoyevsky, 796 pages

5 votes, 9.4%

1901, Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family by Thomas Mann, 731 pages

5 votes, 9.4%

1957, Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, 1168 pages

2 votes, 3.8%

1995?, The Man Without Qualities by Robert Musil, 1774 pages

1 vote, 1.9%

53 total votes

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