Gabriel Garcia Marquez Biography

Born asGabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez
Occup.Novelist
FromColombia
SpouseMercedes Barcha
BornMarch 6, 1927
Aracataca, Colombia
DiedApril 17, 2014
Mexico City, Mexico
CausePneumonia
Aged87 years
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, widely known as Gabo or Gabito, was a prolific Colombian writer, reporter, as well as political activist born on March sixth, 1927, in Aracataca, Colombia. A Nobel laureate, Garcia Marquez was one of one of the most significant Latin American authors of the 20th century and also played a considerable role in promoting the style of magical realism.

Garcia Marquez was elevated by his mother's grandparents, who amused him with tales that would form his creativity and writing style. In 1947, he transferred to Bogotá to study at the National College of Colombia however moved to the Universidad de Cartagena to research regulation when the National University closed because of political disruptions. Although Garcia Marquez did not complete his education and learning, his time at college presented him to journalism as a job.

Garcia Marquez started his journalism occupation as a reporter for El Universal, a Colombian paper. He later became an international contributor in Europe for the Colombian paper El Espectador. His reporting on government corruption caused his self-imposed expatriation in Paris, where he lived and accumulated stories that would later on motivate his stories.

In 1958, Garcia Marquez married Mercedes Barcha Pardo, with whom he had two children, Rodrigo and also Gonzalo.

Garcia Marquez initially got literary recognition in 1961 with "La mala hora" (In Evil Hour), a novel exploring the socio-political scenario in Colombia. Nonetheless, it wasn't up until 1967 that he achieved international attention with "Cien Años de Soledad" (One A Century of Privacy). This influential job, typically considered his magnum piece, tells the story of the Buendía household over several generations in the mythical land of Macondo. The novel's mixing of reality and also the fantastical came to be a crucial characteristic of wonderful realism, a genre that Garcia Marquez both originated and championed.

Garcia Marquez's various other substantial jobs consist of "El Otoño del Patriarca" (The Fall of the Patriarch), which discovers the life of a despotic Latin American patriarch, as well as "Crónica de una Muerte Anunciada" (Chronicle of a Death Foretold), an investigative and social commentary on a murder in a town. He also created several collections of narratives as well as novellas, such as "El Coronel No Tiene Quien Le Escriba" (No Person Contacts the Colonel) as well as "Doce cuentos peregrinos" (Strange Pilgrims).

A politically-active author, Garcia Marquez was associated with the Latin American political sphere and maintained a friendship with Cuban leader Fidel Castro. In 1982, he was granted the Nobel Reward for Literary works for his stories and also narratives that integrated the actual and the sensational. He proceeded composing and also supporting for peace in Colombia until his death on April 17th, 2014, in Mexico City.

A literary giant, Gabriel Garcia Marquez's ingenious narration methods, dedication to social justice, as well as exploration of the darkest corners of human experiences remain to influence readers as well as other writers to today.

Our collection contains 20 quotes who is written / told by Gabriel, under the main topic Dad.

Related authors: Roberto Bolano (Novelist), Lawrence Taylor (Athlete), Fidel Castro (Statesman)

Gabriel Garcia Marquez Famous Works:

20 Famous quotes by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Small: It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop
"It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams"
Small: No, not rich. I am a poor man with money, which is not the same thing
"No, not rich. I am a poor man with money, which is not the same thing"
Small: If God hadnt rested on Sunday, He would have had time to finish the world
"If God hadn't rested on Sunday, He would have had time to finish the world"
Small: Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because h
"Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale"
Small: An early-rising man is a good spouse but a bad husband
"An early-rising man is a good spouse but a bad husband"
Small: Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability
"Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability"
Small: What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it
"What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it"
Small: The hearts memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good
"The heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good"
Small: Nobody deserves your tears, but whoever deserves them will not make you cry
"Nobody deserves your tears, but whoever deserves them will not make you cry"
Small: A person doesnt die when he should but when he can
"A person doesn't die when he should but when he can"
Small: The interpretation of our reality through patterns not our own, serves only to make us ever more unknow
"The interpretation of our reality through patterns not our own, serves only to make us ever more unknown, ever less free, ever more solitary"
Small: She discovered with great delight that one does not love ones children just because they are ones child
"She discovered with great delight that one does not love one's children just because they are one's children but because of the friendship formed while raising them"
Small: Necessity has the face of a dog
"Necessity has the face of a dog"
Small: A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father
"A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father"
Small: Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry. With both you are working with reality, a material jus
"Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry. With both you are working with reality, a material just as hard as wood"
Small: Injections are the best thing ever invented for feeding doctors
"Injections are the best thing ever invented for feeding doctors"
Small: I dont believe in God, but Im afraid of Him
"I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of Him"
Small: He who awaits much can expect little
"He who awaits much can expect little"
Small: The problem with marriage is that it ends every night after making love, and it must be rebuilt every m
"The problem with marriage is that it ends every night after making love, and it must be rebuilt every morning before breakfast"
Small: Everything that goes into my mouth seems to make me fat, everything that comes out of my mouth embarras
"Everything that goes into my mouth seems to make me fat, everything that comes out of my mouth embarrasses me"