100 euro miguel de cervantes biography

Don Quixote Author/Context

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Born in Alcalá de Hanares, Spain in , Cervantes was one of seven children.

His father, a barber-surgeon (performed minor medical procedures such as setting bones and blood-letting) moved the family about constantly.

100 euro miguel de cervantes biography

Not much is known regarding his early education, however, it is certain that he never attended university.

In his twenties, Cervantes' life reads like an adventure novel, many aspects of which appear in his book, Don Quijote.

After publishing his first poem, he worked for a time as a chamberlain for a cardinal in Rome, then enlisted in the army. Known for his courage, he lost the use of his left hand (in a battle at sea) against the Turks in On a return voyage to Spain in , he and his brother were captured by Barbary pirates, with Cervantes remaining unransomed until when his family were finally able to raise the money.

Cervantes spent the rest of his life writing and e