Hi everyone! I’m Ana María from Madrid.
Did you know this?
There was an international survey of writers organized by the Nobel Institute together with the Norwegian Book Club, in which 100 authors from 54 countries voted for the works they consider the most important in world literature. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes received more votes than any other book, ranking as the most highly valued work in that global survey of writers.
The survey was conducted in 2002 by the Norwegian Book Club in collaboration with the Nobel Institute. One hundred writers from 54 countries participated by selecting their ten favorite titles to create a “Library of World Literature.” The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha received 50% more votes than the next-ranked work, showing a remarkably broad consensus among the authors surveyed.
I just wanted to share this fact with those who haven’t read it yet…
https://elpais.com/diario/2002/05/08/ultima/1020808801_850215.html
By the way, did you know that Cervantes primarily wanted to be recognized as a poet? He deeply admired the great poets of his time, such as Garcilaso and Herrera, and aspired to be on their level. His poetry was well regarded, but it was never considered exceptional by the standards of the period.
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Super proud of speaking the language of Cervantes for that same reason.
Haven’t read it since hs, more than thirty years ago, you know what… It’s time to read it again.
I think there’s no much discussion about this, so many authors along the centuries have claimed to be influenced by this book. The rate at which it was published was unprecedented in its era.
Characters like Sherlock and Watson would not exist, as we know them at least, without Quixote and Sancho, and many others, think in any couple of sidekicks.
I mean it’s essentially the world’s first modern novel and has influenced billions of people.
Kinda hard to top that.
In a village in La Mancha, the name of which I do not wish to recall…
What a great start!!!
As a foreigner I wonder any native speaker could read the original script or should it be standardized
I did not know you are Ana Maria from Madrid, no. Thanks for the information.
Quixote is the birth of the modern novel and in a way we are all still just rewriting it.
Lo estoy leyendo ahora y me flipa lo ligero que es de leer, pese a que el lenguaje pueda ser arcaico hoy y el Quijote hable de manera que ya era arcaica en su época. Hacen falta notas para entender algunas cosas, pero vamos, la edición del Instituto Cervantes recomendadísima.
Hace poco descubrí la lista que mencionas en esta web y la verdad que son obras referentes:
[https://grandeslibros.org/lista-club-libro-noruego/](https://grandeslibros.org/lista-club-libro-noruego/)
It’s clear that Cervantes was born in Alcázar de San Juan, as there is a baptismal certificate. But apparently, Alcalá de Henares is of more interest.
I’m from the US and my father taught me about Cervantes and Don Quixote when I was pretty young. He’s very into literature and loves the Spanish language.
In my Spanish class we got to choose names. I was ‘Sancho’.
No sé si estoy paranoico, pero es como si todo este hilo estuviera lleno de IAs
POR CIERTO ¡ DATO INTERESANTE !
Aquí la mejor versión comentada que he encontrado, para quienes quieran disponer de notas sobre personajes, giros del castellano antigüo, etc
[https://parnaseo.uv.es/lemir/revista/revista19/textos/quijote_1.pdf](https://parnaseo.uv.es/lemir/revista/revista19/textos/quijote_1.pdf)
But why AI “Art”