welcome to the draw my life . of Miguel de Cervantes
According to the writings . he was born on the 29th of September in 15 47 . in Alcalá de Henares
the place where the third Spanish university had been founded in 15 oh 8
Miguel would be the sixth of the seven children . that Rodrigo de Cervantes Saavedra and Leonor de Cortinas had
his father was a barber surgeon . which led him to spend his childhood in the vast majority of Castilian cities
precisely . they would end up moving to Vayadolid . one of the most important
the debts however . would lead to jail in 15 52
two years later in Cordoba . Miguel entered the Jesuit college
soon he would begin to show himself as a seasoned reader . demonstrating that money and culture do not have to go hand in hand
At the age of 16
Miguel who was already showing himself as a shy and stuttering boy
. went regularly to the performances of the popular Lope de Rueda
A short time later . and after passing through Seville . the Cervantes would return to Madrid
which had been declared capital by Felipe the second
and which had undergone rapid growth in those years
in 15 69 . Cervantes was arrested in Madrid . and sentenced to the amputation of his right hand . for injuring Antonio De Segura
a penalty applied for using weapons in the vicinity of the royal residence
although it is not clear if they ever applied it
probably for this he would leave for Italy . and enlist in the company of Don Diego de Urbina
At the age of 24 . Cervantes would participate in the Battle of Lepanto
being a part of the Holy Alliance
there despite the victory . he received some injuries that rendered his left hand useless
at that time . the manco de lepanto was born
but his misfortunes did not end there
upon returning home . the ship in which he was traveling . was boarded by Turkish pirates . who took him prisoner with his brother Rodrigo
and sold them as slaves later in Algiers
Their sisters would get to pay the ransom of their brother Rodrigo . who would leave Algiers in 15 77
Miguel . on the other hand . would try to escape without success . up to four times
from that experience . two of his works would emerge
the deals of Algiers . and the baths of Algiers
in September 15 79 . his mother managed to gather 475 shields . which she handed over to the council of the Crusades
the friars managed to reach the 500 necessary to pay the ransom
 and in 15 80
miguel de cervantes ended his 5 years of captivity in algiers
on his return to spain . he will maintain relations with a young married woman
Ana de Viyafranca . also known as Ana de Rohas
with her . he would have a daughter named Isabel
then at 37 years old . Cervantes would marry his girlfriend . Catalina de Salazar y Palacios
in 15 85 . he wrote La Galatea
a pastoral novel depicting two shepherds . in love with a beautiful shepherdess . named Galatea
who nevertheless values her spiritual independence too much
Cervantes always intended to make a second part
although he always remained with the desire
he began to write comedies . although his style was somewhat obsolete
in front of Lope de Vega
with whom he would maintain a permanent duel . and who would be his neighbor . in the Barrio de las Letras in Madrid
however . fortune still did not smile at Cervantes . who found himself in prison . on more than one occasion
also economic problems always haunted him
It was in that time of hardship . when he probably began to write . the first lines that we all know
in 16 oh 9 . he entered the brotherhood of the slaves of the most holy sacrament . to which Lope de Vega and Quevedo also belonged
he began to write the exemplary novels that appeared in 16 13
Journey of the Parnassus . that would come out a year later
and the comedies and interludes
that same year for Cervantes
he would see how a certain . Alonso Fernandez de Avellaneda . signed a second part of Don Quixote
an impostor for Cervantes
who months before his death
would publish The Ingenious Knight Don Quixote de la Mancha
the second part of the work
cervantes exhaled his last puffs of air . and passed history as one of the greatest authors
who would be buried on April 23rd 16 16
and exactly the same day . of the same year . William Shakespeare also passed away
precisely for that reason . that was the day chosen to commemorate world book day
however this is not entirely accurate . and it is that neither of them died that day
Cervantes did it a day before
and at that time . England was governed by the Julian calendar
so Shakespeare's death actually occurred on May 3rd 16 16
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