Los mejores cuentos de Miguel de Cervantes: Selección de cuentos (Los mejores cuentos de… nº 28)

by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, S.L. Mestas Ediciones (Translator)

Descubra los mejores cuentos de Miguel de Cervantes.Don Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra es el escritor español más laureado de la historia universal. Su impacto en escritores de todas las épocas es una evidencia y algo que corroboran numerosos estudios. Su Don Quijote (El ingenioso Hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha) es el libro más traducido de la historia, solo superado por la Biblia; considerado con total unanimidad la obra más representativa, admirada e influyente de las letras españolas; leída, admirada y estudiada por millones de lectores de todas las lenguas y países, además de ser reconocida como la primera novela moderna.En el presente libro hemos querido rendir un sentido homenaje a la figura de Cervantes, rescatando de su admirada y brillante producción, cuentos pertenecientes al propio Quijote, a su obra bizantina Los trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda y a sus denominadas Novelas Ejemplares, conformando así un libro único que hará las delicias de todo lector entusiasta.Sumérjase en estos cuentos clásicos y déjese llevar por la historia.

196 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 21, 2021

About the author

Miguel de Cervantes y Cortinas, later Saavedra was a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright. His novel Don Quixote is often considered his magnum opus, as well as the first modern novel.

It is assumed that Miguel de Cervantes was born in Alcalá de Henares. His father was Rodrigo de Cervantes, a surgeon of cordoban descent. Little is known of his mother Leonor de Cortinas, except that she was a native of Arganda del Rey.

In 1569, Cervantes moved to Italy, where he served as a valet to Giulio Acquaviva, a wealthy priest who was elevated to cardinal the next year. By then, Cervantes had enlisted as a soldier in a Spanish Navy infantry regiment and continued his military life until 1575, when he was captured by Algerian corsairs. He was then released on ransom from his captors by his parents and the Trinitarians, a Catholic religious order.

He subsequently returned to his family in Madrid.
In Esquivias (Province of Toledo), on 12 December 1584, he married the much younger Catalina de Salazar y Palacios (Toledo, Esquivias –, 31 October 1626), daughter of Fernando de Salazar y Vozmediano and Catalina de Palacios. Her uncle Alonso de Quesada y Salazar is said to have inspired the character of Don Quixote. During the next 20 years Cervantes led a nomadic existence, working as a purchasing agent for the Spanish Armada and as a tax collector. He suffered a bankruptcy and was imprisoned at least twice (1597 and 1602) for irregularities in his accounts. Between 1596 and 1600, he lived primarily in Seville. In 1606, Cervantes settled in Madrid, where he remained for the rest of his life.
Cervantes died in Madrid on April 23, 1616.
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