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Gabriel García Márquez
Gabriel García Márquez
Born	March 6 1927 Aracataca, Magdalena, Colombia
Occupations	novelist, journalist, publisher, and political activist
Genre(s)	Magical Realism
Magnum Opus	One Hundred Years of Solitude (Cien Años de Soledad)
Influences	William Faulkner, Sophocles, Franz Kafka, Juan Rulfo

Gabriel José García Márquez, also known as Gabo (born March 6, 1927), is a Colombian novelist, journalist, publisher, political activist, and recipient of the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in the town of Aracataca in the department of Magdalena, he has lived mostly in Mexico and Europe and currently spends much of his time in Mexico City. Widely credited with introducing the global public to magical realism, he has secured both significant critical acclaim and widespread commercial success. A growing consensus of literary scholars holds that García Márquez ranks alongside Jorge Luis Borges and Julio Cortázar as one of South America's greatest 20th-century authors.

Gabriel García Márquez is the father of television and film director Rodrigo Garcia.

Contents 1 Political views 2 His life 3 Bibliography 3.1 Novels 3.2 Short-Stories 3.3 Non-fiction 4 Critical bibliography 5 See also 6 External links 7 Video

[edit] Political views

García Márquez is also noted for his friendship with, and enthusiasm for the Cuban president Fidel Castro and has previously expressed sympathy for some Latin American revolutionary groups, especially during the 1960s and 1970s. He has also been critical of the political situation in Colombia. Despite accusations made by members of the Colombian government decades ago, there is no evidence that he has openly supported guerrilla groups such the FARC and ELN that operate in Colombia. Since the early 1980s, García Márquez has occasionally acted as a low profile facilitator, usually in a role that he has shared with Fidel Castro, in several of the attempts at negotiations between the government and the guerrillas.

[edit] His life

García Márquez began his career as a reporter and editor for regional newspapers—El Heraldo in Barranquilla and El Universal in Cartagena. It was during this time that he became an active member of the informal group of writers and journalists known as the Barranquilla Group, an association which provided great motivation and inspiration for his literary career. Later he moved to Bogotá and worked for the daily El Espectador, then worked as a foreign correspondent in Rome, Paris, Barcelona, Caracas, and New York City.

His first major work was The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor (Relato de un náufrago), which he wrote as a newspaper series in 1955. The book told the true story of a shipwreck by exposing the fact that the existence of contraband aboard a Colombian Navy vessel had contributed to the tragedy due to overweight. This resulted in public controversy, as it discredited the official account of the events, which had blamed a storm for the shipwreck and glorified the surviving sailor. This led to the beginning of his foreign correspondence, as García Márquez became a sort of persona non grata for the government of General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla. The series was later published in 1970 and taken by many to have been a novel.

Several of his works have been classified as both fiction and non-fiction, notably Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Crónica de una muerte anunciada) (1981), which tells the tale of a revenge killing recorded in the newspapers, and Love in the Time of Cholera (El amor en los tiempos del cólera) (1985), which is loosely based on the story of his parents' courtship. Many of his works, including those two, take place in the "García Márquez universe", in which characters, places, and events re-appear from book to book.

His most commercially successful novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude (Cien años de soledad) (1967; English translation by Gregory Rabassa 1970), has sold more than ten million copies. It chronicles several generations of the Buendía family who live in a fictional South American village called Macondo. García Márquez won the Rómulo Gallegos Prize in 1972 for One Hundred Years of Solitude. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1982, with his short stories and novels cited as the basis for the award.[1]

In 1999, he was diagnosed with lymphatic cancer. This event incited him to start writing his memoirs. In 2000, his death was incorrectly reported by Peruvian daily newspaper La Republica.

In 2002, he published the memoir Vivir para contarla, the first of a projected three-volume autobiography. The book was a bestseller in the Spanish-speaking world. Edith Grossman's English translation, Living to Tell the Tale, was published in November 2003 and has become another bestseller. On September 10, 2004, the Bogotá daily El Tiempo announced a new novel, Memoria de mis putas tristes, a love story that was published the following October with a first print run of one million copies.

British director Mike Newell (Four Weddings and a Funeral) has begun production in Cartagena, Colombia, of a film based on Garcia Marquez's Love in the Time of Cholera, the screenplay of which has been written by Garcia Marquez himself. The film's cast includes Spaniard Javier Bardem and Italian Giovanna Mezzogiorno, as well as Colombian actress Catalina Sandino. Colombian-born U.S. actor John Leguizamo and Benjamin Bratt, of Peruvian descent, will also star.

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Novels

In Evil Hour 1962</small>	One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967</small>	The Autumn of the Patriarch 1975</small>	Chronicle of a Death Foretold 1981</small>
Love in the Time of Cholera 1985</small>	The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor 1986</small>	The General in His Labyrinth 1989</small>	Of Love and Other Demons 1994</small>
News of a Kidnapping 1996</small>	Memories of My Melancholy Whores 2005</small>

[edit] Short-Stories

No One Writes to the Colonel 1968</small>

Leaf Storm 1972</small>

Innocent Erendira 1978</small>

Strange Pilgrims 1992</small>

[edit] Non-fiction

The Fragrance of Guava 1982</small>

Clandestine in Chile 1987</small>

A Country for Children 1998</small>

Living to Tell the Tale 2003</small>

[edit] Critical bibliography

• Bhalla, Alok (1987). Garcia Marquez and Latin America.
• Bell, Michael (1993). Gabriel García Márquez: Solitude and Solidarity.
• Bloom, Harold (1989). Gabriel García Márquez (Modern Critical Views).
• Bloom, Harold (1999). Gabriel García Márquez (Modern Critical Views).
• Bloom, Harold (2003). One Hundred Years of Solitude (Modern Critical Interpretations).
• Fiddian, Robin W. (1995). García Márquez.
• Fuentes, Carlos (1987). Gabriel García Márquez and the Invention of America.
• Janes, Regina (1981). Gabriel García Márquez: Revolutions in Wonderland.
• McGuirk, Bernard (1987). Gabriel García Márquez: New Readings.
• McMurray, George R. (1977). Gabriel García Márquez.
• McMurray, George R. (1987). Gabriel García Márquez: Life, Work, and Criticism.
• McNerney, Kathleen (1989). Understanding Gabriel García Márquez.
• Mellen, Joan (2000). Gabriel Garcia Márquez.
• Miller, Yvette E. (1985). Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
• Oberhelman, Harley D. (1991). Gabriel García Márquez: A Study of the Short Fiction.
• Ortega, Julio (1988). Gabriel García Márquez and the Powers of Fiction.
• Oyarzún, Kemy (1984). Essays on Gabriel García Márquez.
• Penuel, Arnold M. (1994). Intertextuality in García Márquez.
• Pelayo, Rubén (1991). Gabriel García Márquez: A Critical Companion.
• McMurray, George R. (1987). Critical essays on Gabriel García Márquez.
• Shaw, Bradley A. (1986). Critical Perspectives on Gabriel García Márquez.
• Williams, Raymond L. (1984). Gabriel García Márquez (Twayne's World Authors Series).

[edit] See also

• Famous Colombians

[edit] External links

• Gabriel García Márquez pages
• Nobel hub
• Summary of "Living to Tell the Tale"
• Online review of Marquez's Collected Stories
• No name change for hometown of Garcia Marquez
• Gabriel Garcia Marquez at the Internet Book List
• Gabriel García Márquez 'Bookweb' on literary website The Ledge, with suggestions for further reading.

[edit] Video

• Documentary 52': Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The Work of Gabriel García Márquez
Novels The Evil Hour, One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Autumn of the Patriarch, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Love in the Time of Cholera, The General in his Labyrinth, Of Love and Other Demons
Short Stories: Leaf Storm, No One Writes to the Colonel, Big Mama's Funeral, The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and her Heartless Grandmother, Strange Pilgrims, A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings, For The Sake of A Country Within Reach Of The Children, Memories of My Melancholy Whores
Non-Fiction The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor, Clandestine in Chile:The Adventures of Miguel Littin, News of a Kidnapping, Living to Tell the Tale

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