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ALCALA HOLDS TIGHTLY TO ITS SON CERVANTES

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From: The Boston Globe
Date: 20040307
Author:Meghan Meyer, Globe Correspondent

ALCALA DE HENARES, Spain -- Just a half-hour outside tourist magnet Madrid, this tiny university town escapes the notice of most international visitors. This is a shame because as the birthplace of Miguel de Cervantes, the city holds an important place in Spanish history. Cervantes (1547-1616), author of "Don Quixote" and the most important figure in Spanish literature, left Alcala as a child but the town never quite let go of him. Every year, the University of Alcala hosts the Premio Cervantes awards ceremony, a kind of Nobel Prize for literature written in Spanish. Tourists can visit the ...

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