Cervantes Prize — The Cervantes Prize is the most prestigious, though not the most valuable, literary prize in Spain, often described in the media as the Spanish equivalent of the Nobel Prize for Literature. By the mid 1990s, its value stood at 15m pesetas. It… … Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture
Miguel de Cervantes Prize — Presented by Ministry of Culture Country Spain Reward €125,000 First awarded 1976 The Miguel de Cervantes Prize (Spanish: Premio Miguel de Cervantes … Wikipedia
Cervantes (disambiguation) — Cervantes is a Spanish surname, which refers to: People Alfonso J. Cervantes (1920 1983), mayor of St. Louis, Missouri Francisco Cervantes de Salazar, 16th century man of letters Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban composer Jorge Cervantes, a world renowned … Wikipedia
Cervantes, Miguel de — ▪ Spanish writer Introduction in full Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra born September 29?, 1547, Alcalá de Henares, Spain died April 22, 1616, Madrid Spanish novelist, playwright, and poet, the creator of Don Quixote (1605, 1615) and the most… … Universalium
Instituto Cervantes — Founder(s) Spanish government Type Cultural institution Founded May 11, 1991 Location Alcalá, 49. Madrid … Wikipedia
Lorna Dee Cervantes — Infobox writer name = Lorna Dee Cervantes imagesize = caption = pseudonym = birthname = birthdate = August 6, 1954 birthplace = San Francisco, California deathdate = deathplace = occupation = poet nationality = USA period = genre = subject =… … Wikipedia
Newdigate Prize — Sir Roger Newdigate s Prize is awarded to students of the University of Oxford for Best Composition in English verse by an undergraduate who has been admitted to Oxford within the previous four years. It was founded by Sir Roger Newdigate, Bt… … Wikipedia
literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium
Spanish literature — Introduction the body of literary works produced in Spain. Such works fall into three major language divisions: Castilian, Catalan, and Galician. This article provides a brief historical account of each of these three literatures and… … Universalium
List of Spaniards — This is a list, in alphabetical order within categories, of notable people who either: * are or were Spanish citizens during at least one period of their life, * were born in Spain or in the territory of present day Spain, but who were not or are … Wikipedia
