Gabriel García Márquez

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Gabriel García MárquezBorn 6 March 1927 in Aracataca, Colombia

Parents: Gabriel Eligio García and Luisa Santiaga Márquez IguaránDied 17 April 2014 in Mexico City, Mexico

Studied Law in University and worked as a journalist before becoming an author Had 2 sons: Rodrigo & Gonzalo

The novel ‘One Hundred Years

Of Solitude’ was releasedin 1967

Awarded Nobel PrizeIn Literature

1982

‘The Leaf Storm’ published

1955

Awarded NeustadtInternational

Prize for Literature1972

‘Love in theTime of Cholera’

Published1985

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Gabriel García Márquez -Author, Journalist

Gabriel García Márquez was born on March 6, 1927 inAracataca, Colombia. He studied law before deciding to become a journalist

and finally an author. He wrote a number of books in his lifetime. Additionally, he won awards for them. He is remembered as a master

of the ‘magic realism’ style in literature.

Gabriel García Márquez1927 ~ 2014