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Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de

(Encyclopedia)Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de srvn´tz, Span. mgl´ d thrvän´ts säävrä [key], 1547–1616, Spanish novelist, dramatist, and poet, author of Don Quixote de la Mancha, b. Alc...

Delibes, Miguel

(Encyclopedia)Delibes, Miguel mgl´ dl´bs [key], 1920–2010, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and journalist, b. Valladolid. Prolific and widely translated, he is known for his descriptions of prov...

Unamuno, Miguel de

(Encyclopedia)Unamuno, Miguel de mgl´ d oonämoo´n [key], 1864–1936, Spanish philosophical writer, of Basque descent, b. Bilbao. The chief Spanish philosopher of his time, he was professor of Greek ...

Molinos, Miguel de

(Encyclopedia)Molinos, Miguel de mgl´ d ml´ns [key], 1640–1697?, Spanish priest and mystic. He was the founder of quietism, which he adhered to in its most extreme form. From 1669 he lived principal...

Miguel

(Encyclopedia)Miguel mgl´ [key], 1802–66, Portuguese prince; son of John IV of Portugal and younger brother of Pedro I of Brazil. He led an unsuccessful revolt against his father in 1824. On John's death (18...

Saavedra y Fajardo, Diego de

(Encyclopedia)Saavedra y Fajardo, Diego de dy´g säv´rä fähär´ [key], 1584–1648, Spanish writer and diplomat in the reign of Philip IV. His chief works are Empresas políticas [politi...

Arias de Saavedra, Hernando

(Encyclopedia)Arias de Saavedra, Hernando rnän´d ä´ryäs d säv´drä [key], known as Hernandariasrnändä´ryäs [key], 1561–1634, Spanish colonial governor, b. Asunción, in present-day Paraguay. ...

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