Gabriel García Márquez

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Aliases:
غارسيّا ماركيز، غابرييل،, Gabriel Garsia Markes, Габриэль Гарсия Маркес, and 46 others G. G Mackêt, Gabo, Gkampriel Gkarsia Markes, Gabriel García-Maárquez, غارسيا ماركيز، غابرييل،, Габриел Гарсия Маркес, Gabrìel' Garsìâ Markes, Gabriel García-Márquez, Gabriėlʹ Garsia Markes, Ǧābriyīl Ǧārsīyā Markīz, Chia-hsi-ya Ma-erh-kʻo-ssu, ガルシヤマルケスガブリエル, جابرييل جارسيا ماركيز،, جارثيا ماركيث، جابرييل،, G Garsia Markes, Chia-fu-lieh-erh Chia-hsi-ya Ma-erh-kʻo-ssu, Ġārṯiyā Mārkīṯ, G García Márquez, גבריאל גרסיה מארקס, Ma-erh-kʻo-ssu Chia-hsi-ya, Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez, Gabriėl' Garsia Markes, Gabriel Gracía Márquez, Ǧabriyīl Ǧārsyā Mārkīz, Gabriel Gacxia Mackết, Gabriel' Garsia Markes, Gabrijel Garsija Markes, Gabriel Garciá Márquez, Ǧārṯiyā Mārkīṯ, Gabriel José García Márquez, Gabriel Garcia Márquez, گارسيا ماركز، گابريل, Gabriʼel Garsiyah Marḳes, Gavriʼel Garsiyah Marḳes, גבריאל גארסיה מארקס, Gabrijel Garsia Markes, Ǧābriyil Ġārsiyā Markīz, Gkampriel Gkarthia Markes, גבריאל גרסיה מרקס, Gabriel García Márques, Gabriel Garsija Markez, Gabriel García Márquez, ガルシアマルケス, Gabrlièl' Garsia Markes, Габриел Гарсија Маркез, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Born:
Aug. 13, 1927
Died:
Aug. 13, 2014

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Gabriel García Márquez is a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist. García Márquez, affectionately known as "Gabo" throughout Latin America, is considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century. In 1982, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. He pursued a self-directed education that resulted in his leaving law school for a career in journalism. From early on, he showed no inhibitions in his criticism of Colombian and foreign politics. In 1958, he married Mercedes Barcha; they have two sons, Rodrigo and Gonzalo.

He started as a journalist, and has written many acclaimed non-fiction works and short stories, but is best-known for his novels, such as One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) and Love in the Time of Cholera (1985). His works have achieved significant critical acclaim and widespread commercial success, most notably for popularizing a literary style labeled as magical realism, which uses magical elements and events in otherwise ordinary and realistic situations. Some of his works are set in a fictional village called Macondo, and most of them express the theme of solitude. [1]

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Books by Gabriel García Márquez