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Don Quixote [a] [b] [c] is a Spanish epic novel by Miguel de Cervantes. It was originally published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615. Considered a founding work of Western literature, it is often labelled as the first modern novel [2] [3] and the greatest work ever written. [4] [5] Don Quixote is also one of the most-translated books in the world ...
Juan Pérez de Viedma, the brother of Ruy Perez; Clara de Viedma, the daughter of Juan Pérez; Don Luis, a young man in love with Clara de Viedma. Tom Cecial (Tomé Cecial), a neighbor of Sancho and the squire of Samson Carrasco, when he is disguised as "The Knight of the Mirrors". Don Diego de Miranda, a learned hidalgo who hosts Quixote and ...
Detail of the Cervantes monument in Madrid ( L. Coullaut, 1930) Rocinante ( Spanish pronunciation: [roθiˈnante]) is Don Quixote's horse in the two-part 1605/1615 novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. In many ways, Rocinante is not only Don Quixote's horse, but also his double; like Don Quixote, he is awkward, past his prime, and engaged ...
26 February 1992. ( 1992-02-26) El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes is a Spanish prime-time television series based on the 17th century novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. Produced by Emiliano Piedra for Televisión Española, it was directed by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón, with screenplay by Camilo José Cela and starring Fernando Rey as Don ...
Michieletto’s version of the 114-year-old “Quichotte” portrayed the title character, based on Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quijote, as stricken with memory lapses, traipsing a 1960s pastel ...
1962. " Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote " (original Spanish title: "Pierre Menard, autor del Quijote ") is a short story by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges . It originally appeared in Spanish in the Argentine journal Sur in May 1939. The Spanish-language original was first published in book form in Borges's 1941 collection El jardín de ...
Born in Paris in 1936, he was a student of the École normale supérieure (class 1956), Jean Canavaggio was a biographer and specialist of Cervantès. In 2001, he directed a new translation of his complete novels in the Bibliothèque de la Pléiade. [1] From 1988 to 1992, he was president of the jury of external agrégation of Spanish.
The Monument to Miguel de Cervantes is an instance of public art located in Madrid, Spain. Erected on the centre of the Plaza de España, it is dedicated to Miguel de Cervantes, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language. The monument incorporates a stone monolith with several statues (including Cervantes') and a detached ...