In 1584 Cervantes married Catalina de Salazary Palacios, the couple did not have any children although Cervantes did have a daughter through an affair with an actress. His first plays, Los tratos de Argel (The Treatment of Algiers) and Los baños de Argel (The Baths of Algiers) were based on his time held captive in Africa. It is speculated during his captivity Cervantes gathered material and inspiration for his first works and Don Quijote characters. In 1580 with the help of family and enormous sums of money gathered by the Trinitarian monastery, Cervantes was released. Cervantes was taken to Algiers and kept in slavery for 5 years despite several failed escape attempts. Shortly after the Gulf of Lepanto, Cervantes was on passage home when his vessel was captured by pirates. However, he also sustained a wound to the chest and a debilitating wound to the left hand that earned him the nickname Manco de Lepanto (Maimed of Lepanto). Cervantes fought honorably as many accounts have stated.
In the Mediterranean, on the Gulf of Lepanto, the Ottman Empire was moving to expand power and land control. In 1571, the headwaters of war met at Cyprus. It should be noted that throughout his military experiences Cervantes enjoyed his time and was popular amongst the ranks. Cervantes ended up joining the Spanish infantry in Naples instead. ADULT LIFEĬervantes, with many other Spanish men, next went to Rome to find a better life and seek an opportunity to fund his writing. Acquavita was ordained as a cardinal in 1570. He was a student of the Spanish humanist Juan Lopez de Hoyos in Madrid, from 1568-1569 only to go to Rome the next year under the watch of Guilio Acquavita. In terms of education, Cervantes had very little, or perhaps formal coursework was simply never recorded. And quite a large family it was, Cervantes was the 4th of 7 children, Cervantes mother was named Leonor de Cortinas. The family was constantly moving around in search of towns in need of his services. His father, Rodrigo de Cervantes is recorded as being a barber-surgeon or pharmacist-surgeon. It is noted that Cervantes was christened on October 9th, 1547 and born in Alcala, a city near Madrid.Ĭervantes´ childhood was somewhat nomadic and very unsettled. Michael, suggests September 29th, the feast of St. There is no official birth date on record for Cervantes but Michael, the name he was given, after St. Nonetheless, his passion for theatre and literature drove the man to create a masterpiece that has withstood the test of time. Cervantes, however, led a very difficult life it seems the writer fit the mold for the starving artist stereotype.
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra is one of the most recognized Spanish authors largely due to the success of his novel Don Quijote de la Mancha, published in 1580.
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