Gabriel García Márquez

García Márquez in 2002 Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez (;}} 6 March 1927 – 17 April 2014) was a Colombian writer and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo () or Gabito () throughout Latin America. Considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century, particularly in the Spanish language, he was awarded the 1972 Neustadt International Prize for Literature and the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature. He pursued a self-directed education that resulted in 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 Pardo; they had two sons, Rodrigo and Gonzalo. It is a lesser known fact that Gabriel had a daughter with Mexican writer Susana Cato, part of an extramarital affair. They named her Indira, and she took her mother's last name.

García Márquez started as a journalist and wrote many acclaimed non-fiction works and short stories. He is best known for his novels, such as ''One Hundred Years of Solitude'' (1967) which sold over fifty million copies, ''Chronicle of a Death Foretold'' (1981), 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 known as magic realism, which uses magical elements and events in otherwise ordinary and realistic situations. Some of his Works are set in the fictional village of Macondo (mainly inspired by his birthplace, Aracataca), and most of them explore the theme of solitude. He is the most-translated Spanish-language author. "He was the fourth Latin American to be so honored, having been preceded by Chilean poets Gabriela Mistral in 1945 and Pablo Neruda in 1971 and by Guatemalan novelist Miguel Ángel Asturias in 1967. With Jorge Luis Borges, García Márquez is the best-known Latin American writer in history."

Upon García Márquez's death in April 2014, Juan Manuel Santos, the president of Colombia, called him "the greatest Colombian who ever lived." Provided by Wikipedia
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    La bendita manía de contar / by García Márquez, Gabriel

    Published 1998
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    Cómo se cuenta un cuento / by García Márquez, Gabriel

    Published 1995
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    Cómo se cuenta un cuento / by García Márquez, Gabriel

    Published 1996
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    El Coronel no tiene quien le escriba. by García Márquez, Gabriel

    Published 1989
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    El amor en los tiempos del cólera by García Márquez, Gabriel

    Published 1988
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    Crónica de una muerte anunciada by García Márquez, Gabriel

    Published 1994
    Book
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    Crónica de una muerte anunciada. / by García Márquez, Gabriel

    Published 1997
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    El amor en los tiempos del cólera. / by García Márquez, Gabriel

    Published 2009
    Book
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    Crónica de una muerte anunciada. / by García Márquez, Gabriel

    Published 2011
    Book
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    Crónica de una muerte anunciada. / by García Márquez, Gabriel

    Published 2014
    Book
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    Del amor y otros demonios. / by García Márquez, Gabriel

    Published 2014
    Book
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    Crónica de una muerte anunciada. / by García Márquez, Gabriel

    Published 2008
    Book
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    Relato de un náufrago. / by García Márquez, Gabriel

    Published 1995
    Book
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    Crónica de una muerte anunciada. / by García Márquez, Gabriel

    Published 1985
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    El coronel no tiene quién le escriba. / by García Márquez, Gabriel

    Published 2011
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    Botella al mar para el dios de las palabras. by García Marquez, Gabriel

    Article
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    Cien años de soledad. / by García Marquez, Gabriel

    Published 1991
    Book
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    Cien años de soledad / by García Márquez, Gabriel

    Published 2010
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    Cien años de Soledad / by García Márquez, Gabriel

    Published 2007
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    Del amor y otros demonios / by Garcia Marquez, Gabriel

    Book