Biography
Gabriel José García Márquez was a Colombian writer and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo or Gabito throughout Latin America. 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. 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; they had two sons, Rodrigo and Gonzalo.
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Awards & recognition
- Order of Honour · 2012
- Orden al Mérito Docente y Cultural Gabriela Mistral · 1993
- Nobel Prize in Literature · 1982
- Order of the Aztec Eagle · 1982
- Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour · 1981
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- Commander of the Legion of Honour · 1980
- Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service · 1980
- Neustadt International Prize — Literature · 1972
- Rómulo Gallegos Prize · 1972
- Neustadt International Prize — Literature · 1971
- Simón Bolívar award
Filmography7 titles
One Hundred Years of Solitude
El Caso Padilla
Time to Die
Love in the Time of Cholera
Of Love and Other Demons
No One Writes to the Colonel
Omen