Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra)
Born: 29 September 1547 (assumed) Alcalá de Henares, Spain,
Died: 22 April 1616 (aged 68) Madrid, Spain
His magnum opus, Don Quixote, considered to be the first modern European novel. His influence on the Spanish language has been so great that the language is often called la lengua de Cervantes.
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