Marquez gabriel garcia biography of william faulkner

Colombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is García and the second or maternal family name is Márquez.

Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez (Latin American Spanish:[ɡaˈβɾjelɣaɾˈsi.aˈmaɾ.kes]^ⓘ;^[a] 6 March 1927 – 17 April 2014) was a Colombian writer and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo ([ˈɡaβo]) or Gabito ([ɡaˈβito]) throughout Latin America.

Marquez gabriel garcia biography of william faulkner

Considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century, particularly in the Spanish language, he was awarded the 1972 Neustadt International Prize for Literature and the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature for One Hundred Years of Solitude.^[1] He pursued a self-directed education that resulted in leaving law school for a career in journalism.

From early on he showed no inhibitions in his criticism of Colombian and foreign politics. In 1958, he married Mercedes Barcha Pardo