Gabriel García Márquez

1927–2014

16 standalone books

Gabriel García Márquez was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and journalist. He was affectionately known as "Gabo" throughout Latin America and considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982. García Márquez left law school to pursue a career in journalism and showed early political criticism. He married Mercedes Barcha in 1958; they had two sons, Rodrigo and Gonzalo. He began his career as a journalist and wrote acclaimed non-fiction and short stories. He is best known for his novels, including One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) and Love in the Time of Cholera (1985). His works popularized magical realism and often featured the fictional village of Macondo, with themes of solitude. He died in 2014.

Born: 1927

Books by Gabriel García Márquez

One Hundred Years of Solitude · 2014
Chronicle of a Death Foretold · 2014
The Autumn of the Patriarch · 2014
The General in His Labyrinth · 2014
Memoria de mis putas tristes · 2014
In Evil Hour · 2014
No One Writes to the Colonel · 2014
Of Love and Other Demons · 2008
Noticia de un secuestro · 2008
Leaf Storm · 2008
Relato de un náufrago · 2007
Doce cuentos peregrinos · 2006
Vivir para contarla · 2004
Big Mama's Funeral · 1983
The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother · 1972
Love in the Time of Cholera

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