29 , 1547 ( 1547-09-29 ) Alcalá de Henares , Spain Died 23 April 1616 (aged 68) Madrid , Spain Occupation novelist , poet and playwright Don Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra [b] ( IPA : [miˈɣel ðe θerˈβantes saaˈβeðra] in modern Spanish; September 29 , 1547 – April 23 , 1616 )