Info

Role

Actor | Writer

Date of birth

03/06/1927

Date of death

04/17/2014

Place of birth

Aracataca, Magdalena, Colombia

Gabriel García Márquez

Biography

Gabriel García Márquez was a Colombian novelist, journalist, and screenwriter, celebrated as one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. Born in Aracataca, Colombia, he studied law and journalism at the National University of Colombia before dedicating himself fully to literature. A master of magical realism, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982, García Márquez also wrote screenplays and worked as a journalist.