下面为大家介绍的是关于一位西班牙的作家塞万提斯的SAT写作素材，这位作家最为世人所熟悉的作品就是《堂吉诃德》。这篇SAT写作素材向大家简要的介绍了他的生平和创造这部小说的背景。大家一起来看看详细内容吧。
Miguel de Cervantes
Full name: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Cervantes wrote the epic satire Don Quixote, regarded as the first true modern novel. Little is known of Cervantes's early life; at 23 he enlisted in the Spanish militia and then fought against the Turks in the battle of Lepanto (1571) where a gunshot wound permanently crippled his left hand. He spent four more years at sea and then another five as a slave after being captured by Barbary pirates. Ransomed by his family, he returned to Madrid but his disability hampered him; it was in debtor's prison that he began to write Don Quixote. The title character, a dreamy middle-aged nobleman, sets out through Spain on a makeshift quest to fight injustice through acts of chivalry. Cervantes wrote many other works, including poems and plays, but none had the impact or popularity of his masterpiece.
塞万提斯(Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra，1547年-1616年)是文艺复兴时期西班牙小说家、剧作家、诗人，1547年9月29日出生，1616年4月23日在马德里逝世。他被誉为是西班牙文学世界里最伟大的作家。评论家们称他的小说《堂吉诃德》是文学史上的部现代小说，同时也是世界文学的瑰宝之一。
《堂吉诃德》是文艺复兴时期的现实主义杰作，作者塞万提斯。主要描写和讽刺了当时西班牙社会上十分流行的骑士小说，并揭示出教会的专横，社会的黑暗和人民的困苦。《堂吉诃德》问世以来，经受住了时间的考验，堂吉诃德的名字在不同历史年代，不同国家都流传着。别林斯基曾说，堂吉诃德是一个“永远前进的形象”。堂吉诃德的名字已经变成一个具有特定意义的名词，成了脱离实际、热忱幻想，主观主义，迂腐顽固，落后于历史进程的同义语。革命导师马克思、恩格斯、列宁在著作里不止一次地提到堂吉诃德。堂吉诃德的形象在今天仍保持它的意义。
