Gabriel García Márquez
Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez (;}} 6 March 1927 – 17 April 2014) was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, 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.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.
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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No one writes to the colonel and other storiescompact disc unabridgedby García Márquez, Gabriel, 1927-2014
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Love in the time of choleracompact disc unabridgedby García Márquez, Gabriel, 1927-2014
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by García Márquez, Gabriel, 1927-2014
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Relato de un náufragoque estuvo diez días a la deriva en una balsa sin comer ni beber que fue proclamado héroe de la patria besado por las reinas de la belleza y hecho rico por la publicidad y luego aborrecido por el gobierno y olvidado para siempreBookby García Márquez, Gabriel, 1927-2014
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by García Márquez, Gabriel, 1927-2014
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by García Márquez, Gabriel, 1927-2014
Published 2006