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‘This is the saddest story I’ve ever heard.’

Colombian novelist Juan Gabriel Vasquez marks the 400th anniversary of the death of Spanish writer, Miguel de Cervantes, author of Don Quixote. Vasquez describes the small twist of fate that changed literature forever.

(Photo: Madrid Carnival performers dressed as Don Quixote (L) and Sancho Panza (R) Credit: Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)

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2 minutes