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Miguel de Cervantes was born in Alcala de Nares on September 29, 1547.
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The son of the practitioner Rodrigo de Cervantes and Leonor de Cortinas, Miguel de Cervantes had five brothers. His father was always drowned out by debt, so he traveled from Madrid to Valladolid, Córdoba and Seville. The data on the children and youth of Miguel de Cervantes are inconclusive. It cannot be assured that the whole family traveled with Don Rodrigo or that Cervantes studied in those cities.
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His first works appear as a writer, poems in honor of the death of Queen Elizabeth of France
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He began his career as a soldier by enlisting in a company where his brother Rodrigo was located. I participate in the Battle of Lepanto where he was seriously wounded and lost a hand, for this reason he is also known as ''The Manco of Lepanto'
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At the root of the attack by the privateer Arnaut Mamí on the Catalan coast he was imprisoned and taken to Algiers as a prisoner, after four escape attempts, he was released thanks to the Trinitarian Fathers.
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He began collecting taxes in Seville to cover the expenses of spain's friendly fellows and was able to contemplate the hardship and hard fights of the houses of Spain of that date
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He was charged with seating the money he raised, being imprisoned in the Royal Prison of Seville. Here he begins to write the first part of the Manchego hidalgo
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moved to Valladolid, meeting his brother and daughter Isabel
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The first part of Don Quixote de la Mancha is represented, got a great impact and finally announced that there would be a second part to finish the adventures of this hidalgo
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Copies of his novel appeared in neighboring countries such as France and the success of Miguel de Cervantes was entrenched
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Finally publishes the second part of Quixote, achieving a great success and a great impact. There was a great diffusion of his works in foreign countries
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He falls ill with diabetes and dies on April 22 or 23 at his home on Calle de León, in Madrid
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A year after his death, his last work appeared: The Persiles and Sisgimunda
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