Snapshot of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, the best writer of the Spanish language. Picture taken inside the campus of the University of Panama. Photo by ©Omar Upegui R.
Snapshot of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza in search of a lady in distress—Dulcinea del Toboso. They are the main characters of the greatest novel written by Cervantes. Photo by ©Omar Upegui R.
Photo by ©Omar Upegui R.
His magnum literary work, Don Quixote, considered to be the first modern European novel, is a classic of Western literature, and is regarded amongst the best works of fiction ever written.
His influence on the Spanish language has been so great that the language is often called la lengua de Cervantes (“the language of Cervantes”). He was dubbed El Príncipe de los Ingenios (“The Prince of Wits”).
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra is to the Spanish language, what William Shakespeare is to the English language. Good Day.
