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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Spanish pronunciation: [miˈɣel de θerˈβantes saaˈβeðɾa]; (29 September 1547 – 23 April 1616) 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. His influence on the Spanish language has been so great that the language is often called la lengua de Cervantes ("the language of Cervantes"). He was dubbed El Príncipe de los Ingenios ("The Prince of Wits").
In 1569, Cervantes moved to Rome, where he served as a valet to Giulio Acquaviva, a wealthy priest who was elevated to cardinal the next year. By then, Cervantes had enlisted as a soldier in a Spanish Navy infantry regiment and continued his military life until 1575, when he was captured by Algerian corsairs. After five years he was released on ransom from his captors by his parents and the Trinitarians, a Catholic religious order. He subsequently returned to his family in Madrid.
Don Quixote ( /ˌdɒn kiːˈhoʊtiː/; Spanish: [ˈdoŋ kiˈxote] ( listen)), fully titled The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha (Spanish: El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha), is a novel written by Miguel de Cervantes. The novel follows the adventures of Alonso Quijano, who reads too many chivalric novels, and sets out to revive chivalry under the name of Don Quixote. He recruits a simple farmer, Sancho Panza, as his squire, who frequently deals with Don Quixote's rhetorical orations on antiquated knighthood with a unique Earthy wit. He is met by the world as it is, initiating themes like Intertextuality, Realism, Metatheatre and Literary Representation.
Published in two volumes a decade apart, in 1605 and 1615, Don Quixote is considered the most influential work of literature from the Spanish Golden Age and the entire Spanish literary canon. As a founding work of modern Western literature, and one of the earliest canonical novels, it regularly appears high on lists of the greatest works of fiction ever published. In one such list, Don Quixote was cited as the "best literary work ever written".
Actors: Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra (writer), Txema Blasco (actor), Txema Blasco (actor), Antonio Dechent (actor), Javier Albalá (actor), Ángel de Andrés López (actor), Rafael Alcázar (director), Rafael Alcázar (writer), Joan Llaneras (actor), Paula Echevarría (actress), Milena Montes (actress), Felipe Hernández Cava (writer), Álvaro Peire (composer),
Genres: Documentary, Drama,Actors: Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra (writer), Luis Varela (actor), Fernando Fernán Gómez (actor), Antonio Ferrandis (actor), Fernando Fernán Gómez (actor), Rafael de Penagos (actor), José Guardiola (actor), Juan Pardo (composer), Cruz Delgado (director), Cruz Delgado (producer), Gustavo Alcalde (writer), José Luis García Berlanga (editor), Manuel Criado del Val (miscellaneous crew), Antonio Areta (composer), José Romagosa (producer),
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