Miguel de Cervantes
Writer
Name:
Miguel de Cervantes
Aliases:
Birth date:
September 29th, 1547
Death date:
April 22nd, 1616
Home town:
Alcalá de Henares
Country:
Spain
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was a Spanish novelist, poet and playwright. His magnum opus, Don Quixote, considered the first modern European novel, is a classic of Western literature, and is regarded amongst the best works of fiction ever written.