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Gabriel García Márquez

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Gabriel García Márquez
García Márquez, 2002.
BornGabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez
6 Mairch 1927(1927-03-06)
Aracataca, Colombie
Dee'd17 Apryle 2014(2014-04-17) (aged 87)
Mexico Ceety, Mexico
NaitionalityColombie
EddicationUniversidad de Cartagena
GenreNovels, Short stories
Leeterar muivementLatin American Boom
Magic realism
Notable warksOne Hundred Years of Solitude
Autumn of the Patriarch
Love in the Time of Cholera
Notable awairdsNobel Prize in Leeteratur
1982
SpooseMercedes Barcha Pardo
BairnsRodrigo García Barcha, Gonzalo García Barcha

Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez (Spaingie pronunciation: [ɡaˈβɾjel ɡaɾˈsia ˈmaɾkes]; 6 Mairch 1927 17 Aprile 2014)[1] wis a Colombie novelist, cutty-story writer, screenwriter an jurnalist, kent affectionately as Gabo throughoot Laitin Americae. Considerit ane o the maist significant authors o the 20t century, he wis awardit the 1972 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, then the 1982 Nobel Prize in Leeteratur.

Márquez deit in Mexico Ceety frae pneumonia. He wis 87 year auld.

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  1. "Gabriel García Márquez Turns 80" (in Inglis). BBC News. 6 Mairch 2007. Retrieved 30 Mairch 2008. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)