Diego Suárez Corvín
Diego Suárez Corvín, also known as Diego Suárez Montañés or el Montañés (, Asturias, 1552 - Valencia, 1623) was a Spanish soldier and writer.[1] His chronicles of the battles fought by the governor of Oran, , against the Muslims in defense of Oran have interest in that the facts are contemporary with the imprisonment of Miguel de Cervantes in Algiers.
A modern edition of his manuscript account Historia del maestre último que fué de Montesa y de su hermano Don Felipe de Borja, la manera como gobernaron las memerables plaças de Orán was edited and published in Madrid 1889.
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- ^ María Elvira Muñiz Historia de la Literatura Asturiana en Castellano 1978 p. 28. "Suárez Corvín - En la vida aventurera y azarosa de Diego Suárez Corvín, nacido en Urbiés (Mieres) en 1552, vida que recuerda en algunos aspectos a la del autor de El Quijote, se conjuga la actividad de las armas con la de las letras, ..."
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