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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was a very successful Spanish writer who wrote many comical novels. He had a child name Isabel de Saavedra and a wife named Catalina de Salazar y Palacios. He wrote many plays, and poems. He was also in the Spanish Armada. He had a big impact on the Spanish speaking world. Some know the Spanish language as “la lengua de Cervantes” or the language of Cervantes. His most famous novel, Don Quixote, was said the be the first modern, romantic novel. He wrote many other novels that impacted the Spanish speaking world, but Don Quixote had the biggest impact.
Not much about Miguel de Cervantes is known. His appearance is unknown and most of his childhood till 1569 about him is unknown. Though he had many obstacles, he proved to be a great writer with a …show more content…

He was most likely born on September 29 but no one knows for sure. Though no one knows exactly when his birthday was, it is certain that he was baptized on October 9. Miguel de Cervantes was the fourth child out of a family with seven children. The son of Rodrigo and Leonor, Cervantes was adventurous and courageous as a child. He loved to read and had a great sense of humor.
When he was young he studied architecture, literature, art and more. Though much is not known about Cervantes childhood and early life, some say that he did not go to any university. Through one of his novels, Novelas Exemplares, some say that he was taught by the Jesuits, but it is unclear whether this is true, even though this may have been likely. Despite not going to any university, in 1569, when Cervantes was 21, he did study under López de Hoyos, or was a pupil student at a small school in Madrid.
His family was poor and his father, Rodrigo was born deaf. Rodrigo was a barber-surgeon but at the time, what he did not bring in much income so Rodrigo and his family would move around often as Rodrigo searched for

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