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About
Spanish author responsible for the hilarious masterpiece Don Quixote, about a man driven mad by his readings of chivalrous tales, and therefore think he's a knight.
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Before Fame
As a young man, he devised a plan to run away and get married to his lover, until her father discovered their plan and forbade her to see him ever again.
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Trivia Fact
The hero of his most famous work spends his time riding about the countryside on a sad horse, with his ward Sancho Panza, looking for knightly tasks.
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Family Life:
His mother was sold into matrimony to his father in 1543.
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Associated With
Vanessa Williams was in the movie based off his book Don Quixote.
