Full Name: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Known AS: Miguel de Cervantes
Nickname: Cripple of Lepanto

Father: Rodrigo de Cervantes (barber-surgeon)
Mother: Leonor de Cortinas
Wife: Catalina de Salazar y Palacios (m. 12-Dec-1584)
Mistress: Ana Franca de Rojas
Daughter: Isabel de Saavedra (b. 1584)

Date of Birth: 29 September 1547
Birth Place: Alcalá de Henares, Castile, Spain

Date of Date: 22 April 1616 (aged 68)
Death Place: Madrid, Castile, Spain
Cause of Death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Convento de Los Trinitarios, Madrid, Spain

Gender: Male
Zodiac Sign: Taurus
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic
Education: the University of Alcalá, University of Salamanca
Occupation: Novelist, Playwright, Poet
Nationality: Spain

Influenced: José Saramago, Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, Miguel de Unamuno, Henry Fielding, Voltaire, Dostoyevsky.

Major Writings: Primera Parte de la Galatea (1585, novel); Don Quixote (1605, novel); Novelas Exemplares (1613, short stories); Viage del Parnaso (1614, poetry); Segunda Parte del Ingenioso Cavallero Don Quixote de la Mancha (1615, novel);Los Trabaios de Persiles y Sigismunda, Historia Setentrional (1617, novel).

Spanish novelist, poet and dramatist Miguel de Cervantes (29 September 1547 - 22 April 1616) are one of the greatest novelists of the Spanish language. He is considered the first modern novelist and his Don Quixote (1605) is the first modern European novel. He was influenced by Virgil along with Greek Philosophy and the Italian Renaissance.

Early Life & Childhood: Miguel de Cervantes was born on 29 September 1547 in Alcalá de Henares, Castile, Spain. Nothing is known of his life until 1569. He studied philosophy and literature at the University of Alcalá and the University of Salamanca. In 1570, Cervantes joined the Spanish forces at Naples, Italy. On 07 October 1571, he took place the naval victory at the Gulf of Lepanto, Greece. In 1575, he returned to Spain with his brother, Rodrigo.

Personal Life & Family: Miguel de Cervantes's father, Rodrigo de Cervantes was a barber-surgeon. His mother named Leonor de Cortinas. He was the 4th of seven children of his parents. In later 1584, Cervantes married Catalina de Salazar y Palacios. He had one daughter with his mistress Ana Franca de Rojas.

Later Life & Death: In 1585, Miguel de Cervantes published his first novel, Primera Parte de la Galatea. After publishing his book, he got a position with the government. Cervantes served for the Spanish Armada. After that, he worked as a tax collector. In 1605, he published his famous novel, El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha which is known as Don Quixote. In 1613, he published another famous work of short stories, Novelas Exemplars. He died on 22 April 1616 at 68. Miguel de Cervantes was buried at Convento de los Trinitarios, Madrid, Spain.