Gabriel García Márquez

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Aliases:
Gabriėl' Garsia Markes, G Garsia Markes, Chia-hsi-ya Ma-erh-kʻo-ssu, and 46 others غارسيّا ماركيز، غابرييل،, Gavriʼel Garsiyah Marḳes, Gabriel' Garsia Markes, Gabrìel' Garsìâ Markes, Ǧārṯiyā Mārkīṯ, Ǧābriyil Ġārsiyā Markīz, Gabrlièl' Garsia Markes, Gabriel Gacxia Mackết, Ġārṯiyā Mārkīṯ, ガルシアマルケス, Gabriel García-Márquez, Gabo, Gabriel García Márques, Gabriʼel Garsiyah Marḳes, ガルシヤマルケスガブリエル, גבריאל גארסיה מארקס, Gabriel Gracía Márquez, Gabrijel Garsia Markes, Ma-erh-kʻo-ssu Chia-hsi-ya, Gabriel García Márquez, Габриэль Гарсия Маркес, גבריאל גרסיה מארקס, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, غارسيا ماركيز، غابرييل،, G. G Mackêt, Габриел Гарсија Маркез, Gabriel Garcia Márquez, גבריאל גרסיה מרקס, جارثيا ماركيث، جابرييل،, Gabriel García-Maárquez, Ǧābriyīl Ǧārsīyā Markīz, Gkampriel Gkarthia Markes, Gabriel Garciá Márquez, Gabriel Garsija Markez, Габриел Гарсия Маркес, Gabriel José García Márquez, Gabrijel Garsija Markes, G García Márquez, Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez, Gabriel Garsia Markes, Gkampriel Gkarsia Markes, جابرييل جارسيا ماركيز،, Ǧabriyīl Ǧārsyā Mārkīz, گارسيا ماركز، گابريل, Gabriėlʹ Garsia Markes, Chia-fu-lieh-erh Chia-hsi-ya Ma-erh-kʻo-ssu
Born:
March 6, 1927
Died:
April 17, 2014

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Gabriel José de la Concordia 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; 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 …

Books by Gabriel García Márquez