Gabriel García Márquez

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Aliases:
Габриэль Гарсиа Маркес, Ma-erh-kʻo-ssu Chia-hsi-ya, Gabrijel Garsia Markes, and 51 others גבריאל גרסיה מרקס, Gkampriel Gkarthia Markes, Габриэль Гарсия Маркес, Ǧārṯiyā Mārkīṯ, Gavriʼel Garsiyah Marḳes, Gabriel Garcia Márquez, جارثيا ماركيث، جابرييل،, Gabriel Garciá Márquez, Gabriėlʹ Garsia Markes, Габриел Гарсия Маркес, Gabriel García Márquez, G. G Mackêt, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Gabrlièl' Garsia Markes, Gabito, Ǧābriyil Ġārsiyā Markīz, Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez, جابرييل جارسيا ماركيز،, Gabriel Garsia Markes, Ǧabriyīl Ǧārsyā Mārkīz, ガルシヤマルケスガブリエル, Chia-hsi-ya Ma-erh-kʻo-ssu, Gabriel García Márques, גבריאל גארסיה מארקס, Gabriels Garsija Markess, Gkampriel Gkarsia Markes, Gabrijel Garsija Markes, Gabriel José García Márquez, Gabriel' Garsia Markes, G Garsia Markes, گارسيا ماركز، گابريل, Gabo, Gabriel Gracía Márquez, Gabrìel' Garsìâ Markes, Gabriel García-Maárquez, גבריאל גרסיה מארקס, Chia-fu-lieh-erh Chia-hsi-ya Ma-erh-kʻo-ssu, Ġārṯiyā Mārkīṯ, Gabriel García-Márquez, G García Márquez, Gabriʼel Garsiyah Marḳes, Gabriel Garsija Markez, Габриел Гарсија Маркез, غارسيا ماركيز، غابرييل،, ガルシアマルケス, Gabriel Gacxia Mackết, غارسيّا ماركيز، غابرييل،, Габрієль Гарсія Маркес, Габо, Ǧābriyīl Ǧārsīyā Markīz, Gabriėl' Garsia Markes
Born:
March 5, 1927
Died:
April 16, 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