Gabriel García Márquez

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Writer · Colombia

Date of birth: March 6, 1927
Died on April 17, 2014: Died at the age of 87; Would have turned 99 today

Colombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014)

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Gabriel García Márquez was a writer (Colombia). Gabriel García Márquez was born on March 6, 1927 in Aracataca. Among other things, Gabriel García Márquez was known for José and Pilar, Academy of Arts of the GDR, and Acta General de Chile.

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Work by Gabriel García Márquez

Title	Year
No One Writes to the Colonel	–
One Hundred Years of Solitude	–
Love in the Time of Cholera	–
The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor	–
Chronicle of a Death Foretold	–
The Autumn of the Patriarch	–

Facts about Gabriel

Born: March 6, 1927 in Aracataca
Died: April 17, 2014
Nationality: Colombia
Occupations: Writer, Poet lawyer, Film director, Journalist, and Short story writer
Languages: Spanish
Fame: Wikipedia articles in 167 languages

Birthday

Date of birth: March 6, 1927
Born on a: Sunday
Zodiac sign: Pisces

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What makes Gabriel García Márquez unique

Generation: Greatest Generation
In memory: Died at the age of 87
Today: Would have turned 99 today

Debut in 1986, the year Gabriel García Márquez turned 59.
First award in 1971, the year Gabriel García Márquez turned 44.

Born on the same day

Awards

Award	Year
Neustadt International Prize for Literature	1971
Commander of the Legion of Honour	1980
Nobel Prize in Literature	1982
Order of Honour	2012

Films

Title	Year	Role
José and Pilar	2010	–
Acta General de Chile	1986	–

Groups

Name	From	To
Academy of Arts of the GDR	–	–

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