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Gabriel Garcia Marquez was born on March 6, 1927 in Aracataca, Columbia. Marquez was born Gabriel Jose de la Concordia Garcia Marquez. Marquez was raised by his grandparents when his parents moved to Barranquilla but Marquez would eventually be reunited with his parents when his grandfather died. Marquez was heavily influenced by his grandmother and his grandfather, Colonel Nicolas Ricardo Marquez Mejia. The Colonel would play a major role in teaching Marquez many life lessons as well as other more academic lessons. The most important lesson that the Colonel taught Marquez was that "you cannot imagine how much a dead man weighs", this would be a lesson that Marquez would later employ into many of his stories. Many of Marquez's views were shaped by his grandfather because of the interest his grandfather took in him and his grandfather's unique ability to tell stories which captivated a young Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
Marquez would start his writing career as a journalist while studying at the University of Columbia. From 1948 to 1952 Marquez worked on four short stories during his tenure at the University while he was also working as a journalist. Marquez was paid minimally for his work at the Newspaper and eventually joined the Barranquilla Group. The group would eventually help Marquez to further his writing skills and introduce him to the writings of other authors.
Marquez would eventually get the publicity after the publishing of One Hundred Years of Solitude. Marquez would win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982 for his book Love in The Time of Cholera. Marquez would be less popular in America than anticipated because of his controversial views of America. Marquez is still alive today and is married to Mercedes Barcha. The couple have two sons named Rodrigo and Gonzalo.
Marquez would start his writing career as a journalist while studying at the University of Columbia. From 1948 to 1952 Marquez worked on four short stories during his tenure at the University while he was also working as a journalist. Marquez was paid minimally for his work at the Newspaper and eventually joined the Barranquilla Group. The group would eventually help Marquez to further his writing skills and introduce him to the writings of other authors.
Marquez would eventually get the publicity after the publishing of One Hundred Years of Solitude. Marquez would win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982 for his book Love in The Time of Cholera. Marquez would be less popular in America than anticipated because of his controversial views of America. Marquez is still alive today and is married to Mercedes Barcha. The couple have two sons named Rodrigo and Gonzalo.