“Arms are my ornaments, warfare my repose.”

Miguel de Cervantes (1547 to 1616), from Don Quixote

Miguel de Cervantes, in full Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, was a Spanish novelist, playwright, and poet, the creator of Don Quixote (1605, 1615) and the most important and celebrated figure in Spanish literature. His novel Don Quixote has been translated, in full or in part, into more than 60 languages.