His characters are never all bad or all good they’re always a mixture. He captures details, gestures and facial expressions, nuance, and complexity. GAYLORD: Cervantes was an extraordinarily astute observer of human life, character, and experience. GAZETTE: Cervantes died in 1616, but his work still speaks to us. The Gazette spoke with Mary Gaylord, director of undergraduate studies and Sosland Family Professor at the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, about the writer’s remarkable genius and humor, and why the quest of Don Quixote continues to enthrall readers around the world. Published in the early 17th century, “Don Quixote” is the second-most-translated book after the Bible, and, according to a recent survey of 100 novelists, the best book of all time.Ĭervantes died 400 years ago, on April 22, 1616.
With “Don Quixote de la Mancha,” Cervantes cast a colossal influence on Western literature. Miguel de Cervantes, by most lights the greatest writer in the Spanish language and the creator of the modern novel, bequeathed to the world the enduring story of Don Quixote, a romantic idealist, tilting at windmills.
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