Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was a writer from Spanish. He was pre-eminent novelist in the world and a good writer in Spanish language.
Don Quixote is a novel he wrote and the most translated one. Cervantes was forced to exile and moved to Rome where he worked as a cardinal's chamber assistant.
He was captured by Barbary pirates when he was enlisted in the Spanish navy infantry.
He also worked in the government as a tax collector and in Spanish armada as a purchasing agent.
