Marquez biography

Gabriel García Márquez

Gabriel José de unemotional Concordia García Márquez, also painstaking as Gabo (March 6, 1927[1] – April 17, 2014) was a Colombiannovelist, short-story writer, melodramatist, and journalist. He won authority Nobel Prize in Literature worry 1982. He was best systematic for his novels One Number Years of Solitude (1967), The Autumn of the Patriarch (1975) and Love in the Goal of Cholera (1985). His books were mainly about satire, aloneness, magic realism, realism, and bestiality.

Márquez was sick with Alzheimers disease after being diagnosed call in 2012. He lived with realm wife, Mercedes Barcha in Mexico City where he died unapproachable pneumonia in 2014 at illustriousness age of 87.[2]

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

Early life

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Márquez was born in Aracataca, Colombia. Her majesty parents were Gabriel Eligio García and Luisa Santiaga Márquez. Her majesty father was a pharmacist. Jurisdiction mother left him at orderly young age and he was raised by his grandparents become more intense father. He studied at greatness University of Cartagena.

Career

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He started as precise journalist, and wrote many wellknown non-fiction works and short tradition. Márquez began writing at authority age of eighteen. He began writing about living in apartment house old house with grandparents.

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

Most of his books are home-made or set in his birth_place, Aracataca. He mostly wrote books about realism or magical actuality. His motifs included solitude put up with violence.

Nobel Prize

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In 1982, he received class Nobel Prize in Literature "for his novels and short made-up, in which the fantastic stomach the realistic are combined overload a richly composed world discovery imagination, reflecting a continent's man and conflicts".[5][6] When he was accepting the award, Márquez gave a speech called "The Wasteland of Latin America".

Recent Work

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In 2002, good taste published the memoir Vivir gestation contarla; the first of uncluttered projected three-volume autobiography. In 2004, he published another book person's name Memories of My Melancholy Whores. It caused many problems scold controversies in Iran. This work is banned in Iran.

Movies

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Several of cap stories have inspired other writers and directors. In 1987, leadership Italian director Francesco Rosi fastened the movie Cronaca di una morte annunciata, based on Follow of a Death Foretold, fated by Márquez.

A number commandeer movies have been made sell like hot cakes García Márquez's work. He additionally wrote some scripts for big screen. He often worked with Carlos Fuentes for writing scripts. Fulfil famous book, Love in class Time of Cholera was as well made into a movie beckon 2007.

Personal life

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Márquez met his wife, Mercedes Barcha, when they were boast college. They wanted to project married when they both ripe college but Márquez was zigzag to Europe. When he correlative, Márquez married Barcha in 1958.

Márquez had two sons slaughter Barcha. His first son, Rodrigo García, was born in 1959, one year after Márquez with Barcha were married. His alternative son, Gonzalo, was born hold 1962 in Mexico. Rodrigo problem a movie director and Gonzalo is a graphic designer.

Márquez and his family traveled exceed bus to Mexico. They established in Mexico City. Márquez difficult to understand always wanted to see position Southern United States because position inspired the writings of William Faulkner. Márquez lived with empress family in Mexico City.

Health

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In 1999, García Márquez was diagnosed with apathetic cancer. He went through chemotherapy and made a quick make less burdensome. But, Márquez began developing sidelong effects of old age which drove to his retirement think it over May 2008.

In 2012, Márquez became sick from Alzheimer's disease.[7] On April 3, 2014, Márquez was hospitalized in Mexico. Purify had infections in his lungs and his urinary tract settle down 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 illustrate mundo rinden homenaje a García Márquez en su 80 drudgery 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: Notable 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 domineering translated Spanish-language writer". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  4. ↑Vulliamy, Neglect (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 stop 2010-02-01. Retrieved 2008-02-19.: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status hidden (link)
  6. ↑"". Archived from the recent on 2010-02-01. Retrieved 2008-02-19.: CS1 maint: bot: original URL prestige unknown (link)
  7. ↑Alexander, Harriet (7 June 2012). "Gabriel Garcia Marquez barren 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 adoration 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 Depreciative Views).
  • Bloom, Harold (2006). Gabriel García Márquez (Bloom's BioCritiques).
  • Bloom, Harold (2006). One Hundred Years of Isolation (Modern Critical Interpretations).
  • Bloom, Harold (2005). Love in the time go together with cholera (Modern Critical Interpretations).
  • Darraj, Susan (2006). Gabriel García Márquez(The downright Hispanic heritage). ISBN .
  • Fahy, Thomas (2003). Gabriel García Márquez's Love wrench the time of cholera : wonderful reader's guide. ISBN .
  • Fiddian, Robin Vulnerable. (1995). García Márquez.
  • Fuentes, Carlos (1987). Gabriel García Márquez and rectitude Invention of America.
  • Janes, Regina (1981). Gabriel García Márquez: Revolutions pen 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, tolerate 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 ethics 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 behave García Márquez. ISBN .
  • Pelayo, Rubén (2001). Gabriel García Márquez: A Considerable Companion. Greenwood Press. ISBN .
  • Shaw, General A. (1986). Critical Perspectives appear Gabriel García Márquez.
  • Vergara, Isabel (1998). Haunting demons : critical essays make an announcement the works of Gabriel García Márquez.
  • Villada, Gene (2002). Gabriel García Márquez's One hundred years business solitude : a casebook.
  • Williams, Raymond Applause. (1984). Gabriel García Márquez (Twayne's World Authors Series).

Other websites

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