Gabriel García Márquez (gah-bree-EL gar-SEE-uh MAR-kez)
Colombian Novelist and Nobel Laureate
Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez (a.k.a. Gabo)
Gabriel García Márquez was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and journalist, affectionately known as Gabo throughout Latin America. He is considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century and one of the best in the Spanish language, with works including "One Hundred Years of Solitude," "Love in the Time of Cholera," and "The Autumn of the Patriarch." His writing, which combines magical realism with historical fiction, explores the solitude of the human condition and the richness of life in Latin America. Márquez was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982.
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Realm
Date of Birth
March 6, 1927
Date of Death
April 17, 2014
Life
1927 CE
2014 CE
87 years old
Circumstances of Death
Pneumonia
Birthplace
Aracataca, Colombia
Place of Death
Mexico City, Mexico
Children
Sex
Male
Sexuality
Heterosexual
