FAMOUS PEOPLE IN SPAIN
Isabel and Fernando
They are known as the Catholic Monarchs . They financed the expedition of Christopher Columbus who discovered America .
CARLOS I of Spain ( grandson of the
Catholic Monarchs ) was a king of both the Spanish Empire from 1516 and the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 . He had the empire “ on which the sun never sets ”. His empire was so extensive that there was always at least one part of his territory where it was daylight .
CERVANTES was a soldier , novelist , Spanish
poet . He is considered the greatest figure in Spanish literature and is universally known for having written " Don Quijote de la Mancha .
GOYA was the most representative artist of the
Spanish Romanticism creating his own style , the Goyesco . His most famous paintings are " La Maja Desnuda ", “ La Maja Vestida ”
BENITO PÉREZ GALDÓS
He was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria . He is considered one of the best of the realist novel of the nineteenth century and a great narrator in the history of literature in Spanish . He has been proposed by several specialists and scholars of his work as the greatest Spanish novelist after Cervantes
MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ
Was a poet and playwright of special relevance in the Spanish literature of the twentieth century . One of his famous books is Wind of the People .