Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014) was a Colombian novelist, short story writer, journalist, and one of the most celebrated authors of the 20th century. Known affectionately as “Gabo,” he is best recognized for pioneering the literary style of magical realism, blending the extraordinary with the everyday to explore themes of love, solitude, and the human condition. His landmark novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude, published in 1967, is considered a masterpiece of world literature and has been translated into dozens of languages.
Born in Aracataca, a small town on Colombia’s Caribbean coast, García Márquez drew heavily on his childhood and the folklore of his region to craft his richly imaginative works. His other celebrated novels include Love in the Time of Cholera, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, and The Autumn of the Patriarch. García Márquez’s writing earned him numerous accolades, including the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982, awarded for his unique storytelling that combines myth, history, and social commentary
