Miguel de Cervantes, left, and William Shakespeare set the course of literary history - and died the same day. (Paul Gonzales / Los Angeles Times) By David Kipen . April 14, 2016 9:28 AM PT .

Don Quixote mistook windmills for giants and attacked them with his lance. This episode in Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote, first published in 1605, is the most comically iconic scene ...

Today, people all over the world will honor the Spanish novelist Miguel de Cervantes, who died 399 years ago on April 22, 1616. Since then, many readers have connected with the writer and his ...

Miguel de Cervantes was held captive in Algiers for five years. Ahead of the 400th anniversary of his death, Fiona Macdonald finds out how trauma shaped his greatest works.

Researchers in Spain said Tuesday that they believe bones found beneath a centuries-old convent are those of “Don Quixote” author Miguel de Cervantes.

A few years ago, Spanish archaeologists sought to find the mortal remains of Miguel de Cervantes, a contemporary of Shakespeare whose Don Quixote introduced the English-speaking world to the ...

In Miguel de Cervantes’ book Don Quixote, the would-be knight famously told his companion Sancho Panza, “You don't know much about adventures.” Lucky for us, the author did—and traces of ...

Four hundred years after Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes died on April 22, 1616, readers all over the world find themselves chasing Don Quixote. BREAKING: GOP-led Senate narrowly passes a ...

It was Miguel de Cervantes' dying wish to be buried inside the walls of Madrid's Convento de las Trinitarias Descalzas — the Convent of the Barefoot Trinitarians — where a dozen cloistered ...

The statue of Miguel de Cervantes is seen next to the statue of one of his most famous characters, Don Quixote, at Plaza de Espana square in central Madrid. Photo by Susana Vera/Reuters.

Miguel de Cervantes News from United Press International. On Sept. 29, 1992, Earvin "Magic" Johnson announced he was returning to the Los Angeles Lakers less than a year after he retired because ...