![]() ![]() With all the experiences gained, he starts writing. In 1580 he returns home, thanks to the negotiations of the trinitarian order and the sleeplessness of the women in his family, which possibly explains why his female characters are treated with such respect. Near the Spanish coasts, the ship where he travels is hijacked by pirates and the next five years he will be held captive in Algeria. ![]() In Lepanto he wins his famous nickname of “manco”, he ends up with only useless hand that would carry with great pride the rest of his life. At the age of twenty-two he leaves for to Italy and becomes a soldier of the Holy League. That is why there is no certainty about where he recieves his elementary education. ![]() Of noble family but with little fortune, he had an itinerant childhood. His biographers have established Alcalá de Henares as his birthplace and the day September 29, 1547. ![]()
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