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Miguel De Cervantes - Paper

Miguel De Cervantes

Saavedra, born September 29, 1547, was a Spanish novelist,
dramatist, and poet. Cervantes was the author of the novel Don Quixote, a
masterpiece of world literature that was a great influence to other renaissance
writers. Cervantes was born to a poor family in a town called Alcala de Henares.
His father was a surgeon who made little money to support the family . Without
the means for much formal education, Cervantes became a soldier. On his return
to Spain he worked at a series of government jobs that involved extensive travel
in Andalucia. (Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia) . His career as a public servant
was marked by as much misfortune as was his military career. Not till his ...

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in the naval battle in Lepanto, in which he
lost the use of his left hand. While returning to Spain in 1575, Cervantes was
captured by Barbary pirates. He was taken to Algeria as a slave and held there
for ransom. (Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia). He did however make several
unsuccessful escape attempts, but he was finally ransomed in 1580 by his family
and friends. Returning to Spain at the age of 33, Cervantes, despite his wartime
service and Algerian adventure, was unable to obtain employment with a noble
family. This was usually the gift presented to military veterans for their
distinguished courage. Deciding to become a writer, he turned out poems and
plays at a prodigious rate between 1582 and 1585 (Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia).
Few of these are still existent. His pastoral novel La Galatea (1585) gained
him a reputation, but the proceeds from its sale were insufficient to support
him. Cervantes then took government jobs, first furnishing goods to the fleet of
the Armada and ...

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