Gabriel García Márquez
Colombian novelist and short story writer
Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo or Gabito throughout Latin America. Wikipedia
Born: March 6, 1927, Aracataca, Colombia
Died: April 17, 2014 (age 87 years), Mexico City, Mexico
Influenced by: Ernest Hemingway, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Virginia Woolf, and more
Education: Universidad Nacional de Colombia and Universidad de Cartagena
Children: Indira Cato, Rodrigo García, and Gonzalo García Barcha
Parents: Gabriel Eligio García and Luisa Santiaga Márquez
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Gabriel García Márquez was born in 1927 in the small town of Aracataca, situated in a tropical region of northern Colombia, between the mountains and the ...
GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ was born in Aracataca, Colombia in 1927. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982. He is the author of many works of ...