Considered one of the most significant

authors of the 20th century, he was

awarded the 1972Neustadt International
Prize for Literatureand the 1982Nobel
Prize in Literature.
Popularizing a literary style labeled
asmagic realism, which uses magical
elements and events in otherwise ordinary
and realistic situations
Some of his works are set in a fictional
village called Macondo (the town mainly
inspired by his birthplace Aracataca), and
most of them explore the theme of solitude.

 Garca Mrquez began his career as a

journalist while studying law at
theNational University of Colombia.
In 1947. From here he starts to
publish short stories in a few
Colombian and Venezuelan
newspapers.

 Due to his newfound fame and his

outspoken views on U.S. imperialism
Garcia Mrquez was labeled as a
subversive and for many years was
denied visas by U.S. immigration
authorities.
After Bill Clinton was elected U.S.
president, he lifted the travel ban and
cited One Hundred Years of Solitude
as his favorite novel (1995).
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Leaf storm: (death, solitude and war) 1955

Leaf Stormwas his favorite as of 1973,
because he felt that it was the most sincere
and spontaneous
It is the story of an old colonel (similar to
Garca Mrquez's own grandfather) who
tries to give a proper Christian burial to an
unpopular French doctor.
The colonel is supported only by his
daughter and grandson.
The novella explores the child's first
experience with death by following his
stream of consciousness.

One Hundred Years of Solitude (solitude, incest

and time - past) 1967
Is the story of seven generations of the Buenda
Family in the town of Macondo.
The foundingpatriarchof Macondo, Jos
Arcadio Buenda, and rsula Iguarn, his wife
(and first cousin), leaveRiohacha,Colombia, to
find a better life and a new home.
Jos Arcadio Buenda dreams of "Macondo", a
city of mirrors that reflected the world in and
about it. Upon awakening, he decides to found
Macondo at the river side; after days of
wandering the jungle, Jos Arcadio Buenda's
founding of Macondo isutopic.

One Hundred Years of Solitude (solitude, incest

and time - past) 1967
Macondo changes from an idyllic, magical, and
sheltered place to a town irrevocably connected
to the outside world through the notoriety of
Colonel Buenda.
More than a century goes by over the course of
the book, and so most of the events that Garca
Mrquez describes are the major turning points
in the lives of the Buendas: births, deaths,
marriages, love affairs.
Has been translated into thirty-seven
languages

Chronicle of a Death Foretold, 1981

The narrative outlines the events
surrounding the murder of Santiago
Nasar, a young man who is thought to
have taken the virginity of Angela
Vicario.
On her wedding night, after
discovering that she was not a virgin,
Angela's husband, Bayardo San
Roman, returns her to her house.
Angela's twin brothers, Pedro Vicario
and Pablo Vicario, ask her who took
her virginity, and she tells them that
Santiago Nasar did. The brothers find

Love in the Time of Cholera, 1985

The young love of Fermina Daza and
Florentino Ariza is based on the love affair
of Garca Mrquez's parents.
However, as Garca Mrquez explains in an
interview: The only difference is [my
parents] married. And as soon as they were
married, they were no longer interesting as
literary figures."The love of old people is
based on a newspaper story about the
death of two Americans, who were almost
80 years old, who met every year in
Acapulco. They were out in a boat one day
and were murdered by the boatman with
his oars.
Garca Mrquez notes, "Through their
death, the story of their secret romance

 1999 - Garcia Marquez battles

lymphatic cancer, which goes into
remission after chemotherapy
treatment.
2002-2004 - He publishes his memoir
"Living to Tell the Tale" in 2002. Two
years later, "Memories of My
Melancholy Whores" is released to
mixed reviews.
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Memories of My Melancholy Whores,

2004
An old journalist, who has just
celebrated his 90th birthday, seeks
sex with a young prostitute, who is
selling her virginity to help her family.
Instead of sex, he discovers love for
the first time in his life.

 2010-2012 - Garcia Marquez's editor

says he is working on a new novel,
titled "We'll See Each Other in
August." A younger brother, Jaime,
says that the author is suffering from
dementia and can no longer write.
2014 - Garcia Marquez dies at his
home in Mexico City.

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