Miguel De Servantes Saavedra

The peripatetic Cervantes failed at soldering, civil service, even tax collecting, but he could write In 1604, age 57, he published "Don Quixote" - the story of a country gentleman who believes he is a knight who, with his earthy squire Sancho Panza, sets off to pursue a noble but impossible quest. This tale has captured the popular imagination and influenced musicians, poets , and artists, and has been translated into more than 60 languages and 700 editions.