Gabriel García Márquez

Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014), known affectionately as "Gabo," was a Colombian novelist, journalist, and screenwriter, and one of the most significant writers of the 20th century. Born in Aracataca, Colombia, he was raised largely by his grandparents — his grandmother's matter-of-fact storytelling style became the template for magical realism. One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) took the world by storm, establishing him as a global literary figure. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982. His other major works include Love in the Time of Cholera (1985) and his autobiography Living to Tell the Tale (2002). He spent decades as a journalist, convinced that journalism and fiction were different expressions of the same truth-telling impulse. Gabriel García Márquez lived 1927 – 2014.