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Miguel de Cervantes

1547 - 1616

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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Spanish: [miˈɣel de θeɾˈβantes saaˈβeðɾa]; 29 September 1547 (assumed) – 22 April 1616 NS) was an Early Modern Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists. He is best known for his novel Don Quixote, a work often cited as both the first modern novel and "the first great novel of world literature". A 2002 poll of 100 well-known authors voted it the "most meaningful book of all time", from among the "best and most central works in world literature".Much of his life was spent in relative poverty and obscurity, which led to many of his early works being lost. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Miguel de Cervantes has received more than 3,999,396 page views. His biography is available in 170 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 167 in 2019). Miguel de Cervantes is the 17th most popular writer (up from 31st in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Spain (up from 8th in 2019) and the most popular Spanish Writer.

Miguel de Cervantes is most famous for his novel, Don Quixote.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Miguel de Cervantes ranks 17 out of 5,755Before him are Leo Tolstoy, Franz Kafka, Victor Hugo, Virgil, Aesop, and Jules Verne. After him are Jean-Paul Sartre, Ovid, Molière, Agatha Christie, Anton Chekhov, and Albert Camus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1547, Miguel de Cervantes ranks 1After him are John of Austria, Justus Lipsius, Claude of France, Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, Stanisław Żółkiewski, Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Oichi, Philipp Ludwig, Count Palatine of Neuburg, Mateo Alemán, Sanada Masayuki, and Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī. Among people deceased in 1616, Miguel de Cervantes ranks 2Before him is William Shakespeare. After him are Tokugawa Ieyasu, Maria Anna of Bavaria, Vincenzo Scamozzi, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Jacob Le Maire, Simeon Bekbulatovich, John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Andreas Libavius, Magdalene of Brandenburg, and Johannes Fabricius.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Miguel de Cervantes ranks 3 out of 2,932Before him are Pablo Picasso (1881) and Salvador Dalí (1904). After him are Francisco Goya (1746), Antoni Gaudí (1852), Seneca the Younger (-4), Averroes (1126), Diego Velázquez (1599), Trajan (53), Francisco Franco (1892), Philip II of Spain (1527), and Hernán Cortés (1485).

Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Miguel de Cervantes ranks 1After him are Federico García Lorca (1898), Lope de Vega (1562), Quintilian (35), Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600), Bartolomé de las Casas (1484), Alfonso X of Castile (1221), Lucan (39), Martial (40), Seneca the Elder (-54), Henry IV of Castile (1425), and Gaius Julius Hyginus (-64).