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Who is the Shakespeare of the Spanish language?

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Both Miguel de Cervantes and William Shakespeare were amazing writers. They had talent that exceeded their time. For ages their writing and plays have been enjoyed again and again. read more

Enrique Pareja, Spanish is my first language, I'm from Madrid. Answered Nov 19, 2014 · Author has 2.7k answers and 5m answer views Miguel de Cervantes, the author of Don Quixote ("The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha"), his magnum opus. read more

We would say "la langue de Shakespeare" (shakespeare's language) for English, "la langue de Goethe" for German, "la langue de Cervantès" for Spanish, and "la langue de Molière" for French. Molière was a playwriter of the mid 17th century. read more

Shakespeare is all about the glory of language, and it seems much would be lost in translation from Elizabethan English. Even translations to modern English are usually awful, unless they are transformations, not translations, such as "West Side Story". read more

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