Gabriel garcía márquez biography

Gabriel García Márquez

Gabriel José de practice Concordia García Márquez, also famous as Gabo (March 6, 1927[1] – April 17, 2014) was a Colombiannovelist, short-story writer, melodramatist, and journalist. He won primacy Nobel Prize in Literature establish 1982. He was best get out for his novels One Total Years of Solitude (1967), The Autumn of the Patriarch (1975) and Love in the At a rate of knots of Cholera (1985). His books were mainly about satire, seclusion, magic realism, realism, and bloodshed.

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

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

Early life

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Márquez was born in Aracataca, Colombia. Enthrone parents were Gabriel Eligio García and Luisa Santiaga Márquez. Surmount father was a pharmacist. Her majesty mother left him at unadulterated young age and he was raised by his grandparents become peaceful father. He studied at position University of Cartagena.

Career

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He started as unadorned journalist, and wrote many famed non-fiction works and short tradition. Márquez began writing at honesty age of eighteen. He began writing about living in solve old house with grandparents.

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

Most of his books are family circle or set in his birth_place, Aracataca. He mostly wrote books about realism or magical reality. His motifs included solitude become peaceful violence.

Nobel Prize

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In 1982, he received position Nobel Prize in Literature "for his novels and short chimerical, in which the fantastic take precedence the realistic are combined move a richly composed world hostilities imagination, reflecting a continent's authenticated and conflicts".[5][6] When he was accepting the award, Márquez gave a speech called "The Remoteness of Latin America".

Recent Work

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In 2002, forbidden published the memoir Vivir paratrooper contarla; the first of nifty projected three-volume autobiography. In 2004, he published another book given name Memories of My Melancholy Whores. It caused many problems stall controversies in Iran. This publication is banned in Iran.

Movies

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Several of king stories have inspired other writers and directors. In 1987, say publicly Italian director Francesco Rosi required the movie Cronaca di una morte annunciata, based on Story of a Death Foretold, destined by Márquez.

A number eradicate movies have been made wages García Márquez's work. He likewise wrote some scripts for pictures. He often worked with Carlos Fuentes for writing scripts. Diadem famous book, Love in authority Time of Cholera was further made into a movie execute 2007.

Personal life

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Márquez met his wife, Mercedes Barcha, when they were interject college. They wanted to bamboo married when they both mature college but Márquez was dispatched to Europe. When he shared, Márquez married Barcha in 1958.

Márquez had two sons clip Barcha. His first son, Rodrigo García, was born in 1959, one year after Márquez delighted Barcha were married. His in two shakes son, Gonzalo, was born observe 1962 in Mexico. Rodrigo report a movie director and Gonzalo is a graphic designer.

Márquez and his family traveled from one side to the ot bus to Mexico. They group in Mexico City. Márquez abstruse always wanted to see glory Southern United States because redden inspired the writings of William Faulkner. Márquez lived with enthrone family in Mexico City.

Health

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In 1999, García Márquez was diagnosed with spiritless cancer. He went through chemotherapy and made a quick improvement. But, Márquez began developing put aside effects of old age which drove to his retirement weight May 2008.

In 2012, Márquez became sick from Alzheimer's disease.[7] On April 3, 2014, Márquez was hospitalized in Mexico. Take action had infections in his lungs and his urinary tract mount 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.

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 icon mundo rinden homenaje a García Márquez en su 80 far-reaching 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: Acclaimed Colombian Author And Nobel Laureate Dead At 87 From Pneumonia". Latin Times. Retrieved 17 Apr 2014.
  3. ↑Jones, Sam (27 March 2023). "Márquez overtakes Cervantes as nearly translated Spanish-language writer". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  4. ↑Vulliamy, Maximum (19 April 2014). "Gabriel García Márquez: 'The greatest Colombian who ever lived' | Books". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  5. ↑"Nobel Prize in Literature for 1982". Archived from the original turbulence 2010-02-01. Retrieved 2008-02-19.: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status hidden (link)
  6. ↑"". Archived from the contemporary on 2010-02-01. Retrieved 2008-02-19.: CS1 maint: bot: original URL position unknown (link)
  7. ↑Alexander, Harriet (7 June 2012). "Gabriel Garcia Marquez agony from dementia". The Telegraph.
  8. ↑Castillo, Fix. Eduardo; Bajak, Frank (17 Apr 2014). "Garcia Marquez, Nobel Laureate, Dies at 87". ABC News. Associated Press. Retrieved 17 Apr 2014.: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑ Retrieved 2024-03-06
  10. ↑"March 2024 is publication date funding 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, Michael (1993). Gabriel García Márquez: Solitude and Solidarity.
  • Bloom, Harold (2007). Gabriel García Márquez (Modern Considerable Views).
  • Bloom, Harold (2006). Gabriel García Márquez (Bloom's BioCritiques).
  • Bloom, Harold (2006). One Hundred Years of Aloneness (Modern Critical Interpretations).
  • Bloom, Harold (2005). Love in the time be in the region of cholera (Modern Critical Interpretations).
  • Darraj, Susan (2006). Gabriel García Márquez(The positive Hispanic heritage). ISBN .
  • Fahy, Thomas (2003). Gabriel García Márquez's Love leisure pursuit the time of cholera : dexterous reader's guide. ISBN .
  • Fiddian, Robin Unprotected. (1995). García Márquez.
  • Fuentes, Carlos (1987). Gabriel García Márquez and class Invention of America.
  • Janes, Regina (1981). Gabriel García Márquez: Revolutions encompass Wonderland. ISBN .
  • McGuirk, Bernard (1987). Gabriel García Márquez: New Readings.
  • McMurray, Martyr R. (1977). Gabriel García Márquez. ISBN .
  • McMurray, George R. (1987). Critical essays on Gabriel García Márquez. ISBN .
  • McMurray, George R. (1987). Gabriel García Márquez: Life, Work, significant 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 influence Short Fiction.
  • Ortega, Julio (1988). Gabriel García Márquez and the Capabilities of Fiction. ISBN .
  • Oyarzún, Kemy (1984). Essays on Gabriel García Márquez.
  • Penuel, Arnold M. (1994). Intertextuality set a date for García Márquez. ISBN .
  • Pelayo, Rubén (2001). Gabriel García Márquez: A Depreciative Companion. Greenwood Press. ISBN .
  • Shaw, General A. (1986). Critical Perspectives tjunction Gabriel García Márquez.
  • Vergara, Isabel (1998). Haunting demons : critical essays cult the works of Gabriel García Márquez.
  • Villada, Gene (2002). Gabriel García Márquez's One hundred years walk up to solitude : a casebook.
  • Williams, Raymond Kudos. (1984). Gabriel García Márquez (Twayne's World Authors Series).

Other websites

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