Gabriel García Márquez

Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo or Gabito throughout Latin America. Considered one of the... Wikipedia

• Born:  Gabriel José García Márquez, March 6, 1927, Aracataca, Colombia
• Age at death:  87 years
• Died:  April 17, 2014, Mexico City, Mexico
• Language:  Spanish
• Alma mater:  National University of Colombia, University of Cartagena
• Genre:  Novels, short stories
• Literary movement:  Latin American Boom, magic realism
• Notable works:  One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Autumn of the Patriarch, Love in the Time of Cholera, Chronicle of a Death Foretold
• Children:  3, including Rodrigo García
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