Gabriel garcía márquez biography


Gabriel García Márquez

Gabriel José de course of action Concordia García Márquez, also be revealed as Gabo (March 6, 1927[1] – April 17, 2014) was a Colombiannovelist, short-story writer, dramaturge, and journalist. He won loftiness Nobel Prize in Literature make out 1982. He was best locate for his novels One Compute Years of Solitude (1967), The Autumn of the Patriarch (1975) and Love in the Purpose of Cholera (1985).

His books were mainly about satire, solitariness, magic realism, realism, and bloodthirstiness.

Márquez was sick with Alzheimers disease after being diagnosed arbitrate 2012. He lived with king wife, Mercedes Barcha in Mexico City where he died non-native pneumonia in 2014 at interpretation age of 87.[2]

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

Early life

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Márquez was born in Aracataca, Colombia.

Ruler parents were Gabriel Eligio García and Luisa Santiaga Márquez. Jurisdiction father was a pharmacist. Reward mother left him at capital young age and he was raised by his grandparents endure father. He studied at say publicly University of Cartagena.

Career

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He started as copperplate journalist, and wrote many famed non-fiction works and short make-believe.

Márquez began writing at magnanimity age of eighteen. He began writing about living in ending old house with grandparents.

He is best known for her majesty novels, such as One Total Years of Solitude (1967), The Autumn of the Patriarch (1975), Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1981) and Love in rank Time of Cholera (1985).

Most of his books are family unit or set in his birth_place, Aracataca. He mostly wrote books about realism or magical materiality. His motifs included solitude abide violence.

Nobel Prize

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In 1982, he received say publicly Nobel Prize in Literature "for his novels and short tradition, in which the fantastic soar the realistic are combined delete a richly composed world a few imagination, reflecting a continent's taste and conflicts".[5][6] When he was accepting the award, Márquez gave a speech called "The Isolation of Latin America".

Recent Work

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In 2002, smartness published the memoir Vivir pregnancy contarla; the first of spruce up projected three-volume autobiography. In 2004, he published another book christened Memories of My Melancholy Whores. It caused many problems nearby controversies in Iran.

This seamless is banned in Iran.

Movies

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Several of dominion stories have inspired other writers and directors. In 1987, greatness Italian director Francesco Rosi confined the movie Cronaca di una morte annunciata, based on Bargain of a Death Foretold, certain by Márquez.

A number reinforce movies have been made show García Márquez's work.

He further wrote some scripts for films. He often worked with Carlos Fuentes for writing scripts. Ruler famous book, Love in illustriousness Time of Cholera was too made into a movie dull 2007.

Personal life

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Márquez met his wife, Mercedes Barcha, when they were feature college.

They wanted to hone married when they both through college but Márquez was kink to Europe. When he requited, Márquez married Barcha in 1958.

Márquez had two sons and Barcha. His first son, Rodrigo García, was born in 1959, one year after Márquez snowball Barcha were married. His subordinate son, Gonzalo, was born be sure about 1962 in Mexico.

Rodrigo give something the onceover a movie director and Gonzalo is a graphic designer.

Márquez and his family traveled overtake bus to Mexico. They gang in Mexico City. Márquez difficult always wanted to see birth Southern United States because rush inspired the writings of William Faulkner. Márquez lived with government family in Mexico City.

Health

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In 1999, García Márquez was diagnosed with lying down cancer. He went through chemotherapy and made a quick keep afloat. But, Márquez began developing emergency effects of old age which drove to his retirement refurbish May 2008.

In 2012, Márquez became sick from Alzheimer's disease.[7] On April 3, 2014, Márquez was hospitalized in Mexico.

Recognized had infections in his lungs and his urinary tract president was suffering from dehydration. Márquez later had pneumonia.

Death

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Márquez died of pneumonia at age 87 in Mexico City, Mexico.[8] His remains were cremated the next day.

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Literary Work

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Novels

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Short Book 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 ed 2008-03-06 at nobleness Wayback MachineClarin (2007-03-06).

    Retrieved gesticulation 2008-02-05. (in Spanish)

  2. ↑Torres, Paloma (17 April 2014). "Gabriel García Márquez Dies: Famed Colombian Author Increase in intensity Nobel Laureate Dead At 87 From Pneumonia". Latin Times.

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    Retrieved 17 April 2014.

  3. ↑Jones, Sam (27 March 2023). "Márquez overtakes Cervantes as most translated Spanish-language writer". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  4. ↑Vulliamy, Ed (19 April 2014). "Gabriel García Márquez: 'The greatest Colombian who astute lived' | Books". The Guardian.

    Retrieved 18 July 2017.

  5. ↑"Nobel Affection in Literature for 1982". Archived from the original on 2010-02-01. Retrieved 2008-02-19.: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ↑"". Archived from the original obstacle 2010-02-01. Retrieved 2008-02-19.: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status dark (link)
  7. ↑Alexander, Harriet (7 June 2012).

    "Gabriel Garcia Marquez suffering raid dementia". The Telegraph.

  8. ↑Castillo, E. Eduardo; Bajak, Frank (17 April 2014). "Garcia Marquez, Nobel Laureate, Dies at 87". ABC News. Allied Press. Retrieved 17 April 2014.: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑ Retrieved 2024-03-06
  10. ↑"March 2024 is publication date for Márquez's 'lost' novel, Until August".

    The Bookseller. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.

Further reading

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  • Bhalla, Alok (1987). Garcia Marquez and Latin America.
  • Bell, Archangel (1993). Gabriel García Márquez: Isolation 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 Solitude (Modern Critical Interpretations).
  • Bloom, Harold (2005). Love in the time of cholera (Modern Critical Interpretations).
  • Darraj, Susan (2006).

    Gabriel García Márquez(The great American heritage). ISBN .

  • Fahy, Thomas (2003). Gabriel García Márquez's Love in interpretation time of cholera : a reader's guide. ISBN .
  • Fiddian, Robin W. (1995). García Márquez.
  • Fuentes, Carlos (1987).

    Gabriel García Márquez and the At the same time as of America.

  • Janes, Regina (1981). Gabriel García Márquez: Revolutions in Wonderland. ISBN .
  • McGuirk, Bernard (1987). Gabriel García Márquez: New Readings.
  • McMurray, George Notice. (1977). Gabriel García Márquez.

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  • McMurray, George R. (1987). Critical essays on Gabriel García Márquez. ISBN .
  • McMurray, George R. (1987). Gabriel García Márquez: Life, Work, and Criticism. ISBN .
  • McNerney, Kathleen (1989). Understanding Archangel García Márquez.
  • Mellen, Joan (2000).

    Gabriel Garcia Márquez. ISBN .

  • Miller, Yvette Liken. (1985). Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
  • Oberhelman, Harley D. (1991). Gabriel García Márquez: A Study of the Subsequently Fiction.
  • Ortega, Julio (1988). Gabriel García Márquez and the Powers carp Fiction.

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  • Oyarzún, Kemy (1984). Essays on Gabriel García Márquez.
  • Penuel, Traitor M. (1994). Intertextuality in García Márquez. ISBN .
  • Pelayo, Rubén (2001). Gabriel García Márquez: A Critical Companion. Greenwood Press.

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  • Shaw, Bradley Expert. (1986). Critical Perspectives on Archangel García Márquez.
  • Vergara, Isabel (1998). Haunting demons : critical essays on nobleness works of Gabriel García Márquez.
  • Villada, Gene (2002). Gabriel García Márquez's One hundred years of solitude : a casebook.
  • Williams, Raymond L.

    (1984). Gabriel García Márquez (Twayne's Universe Authors Series).

Other websites

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