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Gabriel Garcia Marquez is a writer, publisher, editor and political activist from Colombia.
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Career
Marquez was raised by his Grandmother. He went to a Jesuit college but his studies were soon broken off for his work as a journalist. In 1954 he was sent to Rome on an assignment for his newspaper and has since lived mostly abroad. Besides his large output of fiction he has written screenplays and continues to work as a journalist. -
Notable Works
- 1954: Leaf Storm
- 1967: One Hundred Years of Solitude
- 1970: The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor
- 1975: The Autumn of the Patriarch
- 1981: Chronicle of a Death Foretold
- 1985: Love in the Time of Cholera
- 1989: The General in His Labyrinth
- 1994: Of Love and Other Demons
- 2004: Memories of My Melancholy Whores
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Gabriel García Márquez "Puedes ser solamente una persona para el mundo, pero para una persona tú eres el mundo"
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View All Gabriel Garcia Marquez Questions (30) | Ask a QuestionWhat have you done to Pay it Forward like Gabriel German? (2 Answers)It's similar to "paying it forward"... but more like random act of kindness... I LOVELOVELOVE to pay for the person behind me when going through a toll booth (we have ... read more
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez Personal Timeline
- March 6, 1927: Born in Aracataca, Magdelena, Colombia
- 1947: Studied Law and Journalism National University of Columbia
- 1958: Married Mercedes Barcha
- 1961: Moves to Mexico City
- 1982: Awarded Nobel Prize for Literature
- 1999: Diagnosed with Lymphatic Cancer
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Notable Gabriel Garcia Marquez Films
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- IMDb: Complete Gabriel Garcia Marquez Filmography
- 1990: The Two Way Mirror
- 1992: Saturday Night Thief
- 2007: Love in the Time of Cholera
