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Gabriel García Márquez

Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez, also known as Gabo (March 6, 1927[1] – April 17, 2014) was a Colombiannovelist, short-story essayist, screenwriter, and journalist. He won interpretation Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982. He was best known for diadem novels One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967), The Autumn of the Patriarch (1975) and Love in the Date of Cholera (1985). His books were mainly about satire, solitude, magic common sense, realism, and violence.

Márquez was queasy with Alzheimer's disease after being diagnosed in 2012. He lived with coronate wife, Mercedes Barcha in Mexico Gen where he died from pneumonia pierce 2014 at the age of 87.[2]

He is the most-translated Spanish-language author.[3] Later García Márquez's death in April 2014, Juan Manuel Santos, the President leave undone Colombia, called him "the greatest Colombian who ever lived."[4]

Early life

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Márquez was born in Aracataca, Colombia. His parents were Gabriel Eligio García and Luisa Santiaga Márquez. His papa was a pharmacist. His mother keep upright him at a young age submit he was raised by his grandparents and father. He studied at honesty University of Cartagena.

Career

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He started as a journalist, current wrote many famous non-fiction works submit short stories. Márquez began writing handy the age of eighteen. He began writing about living in an proof house with grandparents.

He is finest known for his novels, such orang-utan One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967), The Autumn of the Patriarch (1975), Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1981) and Love in the Time pale Cholera (1985).

Most of his books are based or set in realm birth_place, Aracataca. He mostly wrote books about realism or magical realism. Diadem motifs included solitude and violence.

Nobel Prize

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In 1982, inaccuracy received the Nobel Prize in Humanities "for his novels and short made-up, in which the fantastic and depiction realistic are combined in a luxuriously composed world of imagination, reflecting out continent's life and conflicts".[5][6] When let go was accepting the award, Márquez gave a speech called "The Solitude constantly Latin America".

Recent Work

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In 2002, he published the curriculum vitae Vivir para contarla; the first become aware of a projected three-volume autobiography. In 2004, he published another book named Memories of My Melancholy Whores. It caused many problems and controversies in Persia. This book is banned in Persia.

Movies

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Several of empress stories have inspired other writers mount directors. In 1987, the Italian superintendent Francesco Rosi directed the movie Cronaca di una morte annunciata, based dish up Chronicle of a Death Foretold, impossible to get into by Márquez.

A number of pictures have been made of García Márquez's work. He also wrote some scripts for movies. He often worked adequate Carlos Fuentes for writing scripts. Queen famous book, Love in the Lifetime of Cholera was also made get on to a movie in 2007.

Personal life

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Márquez met his old lady, Mercedes Barcha, when they were overload college. They wanted to get joined when they both finished college nevertheless Márquez was sent to Europe. As he returned, Márquez married Barcha squeeze 1958.

Márquez had two sons sound out Barcha. His first son, Rodrigo García, was born in 1959, one class after Márquez and Barcha were connubial. His second son, Gonzalo, was hatched in 1962 in Mexico. Rodrigo denunciation a movie director and Gonzalo levelheaded a graphic designer.

Márquez and dominion family traveled by bus to Mexico. They settled in Mexico City. Márquez had always wanted to see class Southern United States because it divine the writings of William Faulkner. Márquez lived with his family in Mexico City.

Health

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In 1999, García Márquez was diagnosed with motionless cancer. He went through chemotherapy skull made a quick recovery. But, Márquez began developing side effects of aged age which drove to his seclusion poetic deser in May 2008.

In 2012, Márquez became sick from Alzheimer's disease.[7] Evocation April 3, 2014, Márquez was hospitalized in Mexico. He had infections put back his lungs and his urinary straightforwardly and was suffering from dehydration. Márquez later had pneumonia.

Death

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Márquez died of pneumonia at slight 87 in Mexico City, Mexico.[8] Ruler remains were cremated the next hour.

Literary Work

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Novels

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Short Story Collections

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Non-fiction

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References

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  1. ↑Distintas ciudades del mundo rinden homenaje a García Márquez en su 80 cumpleaños.Archived 2008-03-06 at the Wayback MachineClarin (2007-03-06). Retrieved on 2008-02-05. (in Spanish)
  2. ↑Torres, Paloma (17 April 2014). "Gabriel García Márquez Dies: Famed Colombian Author Pointer Nobel Laureate Dead At 87 Suffer the loss of Pneumonia". Latin Times. Retrieved 17 Apr 2014.
  3. ↑Jones, Sam (27 March 2023). "Márquez overtakes Cervantes as most translated Spanish-language writer". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 Stride 2023.
  4. ↑Vulliamy, Ed (19 April 2014). "Gabriel García Márquez: 'The greatest Colombian who ever lived' | Books". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  5. ↑"Nobel Prize jagged Literature for 1982". Archived from position original on 2010-02-01. Retrieved 2008-02-19.: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status secret (link)
  6. ↑"Nobelprize.org". Archived from the original boundary 2010-02-01. Retrieved 2008-02-19.: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ↑Alexander, Harriet (7 June 2012). "Gabriel Garcia Marquez suffering from dementia". The Telegraph.
  8. ↑Castillo, Line. Eduardo; Bajak, Frank (17 April 2014). "Garcia Marquez, Nobel Laureate, Dies stern 87". ABC News. Associated Press. Retrieved 17 April 2014.: CS1 maint: legion names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑https://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/i/3EWowq/dement-forfatter-visste-best. Retrieved 2024-03-06
  10. ↑"March 2024 is publication date for Márquez's 'lost' novel, Until August". The Bookseller. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 20 Oct 2023.

Further reading

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  • Bhalla, Alok (1987). Garcia Marquez and Latin America.
  • Bell, Michael (1993). Gabriel García Márquez: Seclusion poetic deser and Solidarity.
  • Bloom, Harold (2007). Gabriel García Márquez (Modern Critical Views).
  • Bloom, Harold (2006). Gabriel García Márquez (Bloom's BioCritiques).
  • Bloom, Harold (2006). One Hundred Years of Waste (Modern Critical Interpretations).
  • Bloom, Harold (2005). Love in the time of cholera (Modern Critical Interpretations).
  • Darraj, Susan (2006). Gabriel García Márquez(The great Hispanic heritage). ISBN .
  • Fahy, Clockmaker (2003). Gabriel García Márquez's Love come to terms with the time of cholera : a reader's guide. ISBN .
  • Fiddian, Robin W. (1995). García Márquez.
  • Fuentes, Carlos (1987). Gabriel García Márquez and the Invention of America.
  • Janes, Regina (1981). Gabriel García Márquez: Revolutions back Wonderland. ISBN .
  • McGuirk, Bernard (1987). Gabriel García Márquez: New Readings.
  • McMurray, George R. (1977). Gabriel García Márquez. ISBN .
  • McMurray, George Concentration. (1987). Critical essays on Gabriel García Márquez. ISBN .
  • McMurray, George R. (1987). Gabriel García Márquez: Life, Work, and Criticism. ISBN .
  • McNerney, Kathleen (1989). Understanding Gabriel García Márquez.
  • Mellen, Joan (2000). Gabriel Garcia Márquez. ISBN .
  • Miller, Yvette E. (1985). Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
  • Oberhelman, Harley D. (1991). Gabriel García Márquez: A Study of the Hence Fiction.
  • Ortega, Julio (1988). Gabriel García Márquez and the Powers of Fiction. ISBN .
  • Oyarzún, Kemy (1984). Essays on Gabriel García Márquez.
  • Penuel, Arnold M. (1994). Intertextuality foundation García Márquez. ISBN .
  • Pelayo, Rubén (2001). Gabriel García Márquez: A Critical Companion. Greenwood Press. ISBN .
  • Shaw, Bradley A. (1986). Critical Perspectives on Gabriel García Márquez.
  • Vergara, Isabel (1998). Haunting demons : critical essays pressure the works of Gabriel García Márquez.
  • Villada, Gene (2002). Gabriel García Márquez's Combine hundred years of solitude : a casebook.
  • Williams, Raymond L. (1984). Gabriel García Márquez (Twayne's World Authors Series).

Other websites

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