Biography of Cervantes He was born in 1547, he lived in Madrid y Rome for a while. He was a famous writer of the century XV, he wrote famous book like Don Quijote de la Mancha or Viajes de Pernaso. He wrote a lot of novel during your life. He also wrote theatre and poems, but your first and very much popular book was Don Quijote. He was also a soldier and he was in many war like Lepanto's war. He died in 1616 when he was 68 year old for a problem with your diabetes. He died in Madrid and your tomb is in Alcala de Henares.