Possible Clues:

• A TV screen distorted writer
• Writer’s retainer, heading off, enthralled by these in Calais
• Miguel de --, author of 'Don Quixote'
• Old Spanish writer shattered a TV screen
• Shakespearean contemporary volume introducing soldier possibly imprisoned by goddess
• As writer, Shakespeare's surely holding leading place
• Quixote's creator
• Classic author surely, once, eclipsing those in front
• Author of ''Don Quixote''