Gabriel García Márquez (American Spanish: [ɡaˈβɾjel ɣaɾˈsi.a ˈmaɾkes] (listen); 6 March 1927 – 17 April 2014) was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo [ˈɡaβo] or Gabito [ɡaˈβito] 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 (d. 2020, aged 87); they had two sons, Rodrigo and Gonzalo.García Márquez started as a journalist and wrote many acclaimed non-fiction works and short stories, but is best known for his novels, such as One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967), 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 …
Gabriel García Márquez
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Gabriel Garsija Markez, Gabriel Gacxia Mackết, גבריאל גארסיה מארקס, and 46 others
גבריאל גרסיה מרקס, ガルシヤマルケスガブリエル, Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez, G García Márquez, Габриел Гарсија Маркез, Gabriel García-Márquez, Gabriel García Márques, Gabriel García Márquez, Gabriel Garcia Márquez, غارسيا ماركيز، غابرييل،, גבריאל גרסיה מארקס, Gabrìel' Garsìâ Markes, ガルシアマルケス, جارثيا ماركيث، جابرييل،, Gabriel Garciá Márquez, Chia-hsi-ya Ma-erh-kʻo-ssu, Gabriėlʹ Garsia Markes, Gabriel Garsia Markes, جابرييل جارسيا ماركيز،, Ǧābriyīl Ǧārsīyā Markīz, Ǧābriyil Ġārsiyā Markīz, Gabriel' Garsia Markes, Ǧabriyīl Ǧārsyā Mārkīz, Gkampriel Gkarsia Markes, Gkampriel Gkarthia Markes, غارسيّا ماركيز، غابرييل،, Gabrijel Garsija Markes, Gabo, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Ġārṯiyā Mārkīṯ, Gabriel José García Márquez, Gabriel García-Maárquez, Gabrijel Garsia Markes, G. G Mackêt, Габриел Гарсия Маркес, Gabrlièl' Garsia Markes, G Garsia Markes, گارسيا ماركز، گابريل, Gabriėl' Garsia Markes, Габриэль Гарсия Маркес, Gabriʼel Garsiyah Marḳes, Gavriʼel Garsiyah Marḳes, Ma-erh-kʻo-ssu Chia-hsi-ya, Ǧārṯiyā Mārkīṯ, Chia-fu-lieh-erh Chia-hsi-ya Ma-erh-kʻo-ssu, Gabriel Gracía Márquez - Born:
- March 6, 1927
- Died:
- April 17, 2014
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Gabriel García Márquez (American Spanish: [ɡaˈβɾjel ɣaɾˈsi.a ˈmaɾkes] (listen); 6 March 1927 – 17 April 2014) was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo [ˈɡaβo] or Gabito [ɡaˈβito] 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 (d. 2020, aged 87); they had two sons, Rodrigo and Gonzalo.García Márquez started as a journalist and wrote many acclaimed non-fiction works and short stories, but is best known for his novels, such as One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967), 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. Upon García Márquez's death in April 2014, Juan Manuel Santos, the president of Colombia, called him "the greatest Colombian who ever lived."
