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Gabriel García Márquez

Born

in Aracataca, Magdalena, Colombia

March 06, 1927

Died

April 17, 2014

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Short Stories, Magical Realism

Influences

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Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist. García Márquez, familiarly known as "Gabo" in his native country, was considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century. In 1982, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

He studied at the University of Bogotá and later worked as a reporter for the Colombian newspaper El Espectador and as a foreign correspondent in Rome, Paris, Barcelona, Caracas, and New York. He wrote many acclaimed non-fiction works and short stories, but is best-known for his novels, such as One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) and Love in the Time of Cholera (1985). His works have achieved significant critical acclaim and widespr ...more

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Average rating: 3.99 · 2,262,547 ratings · 129,050 reviews · 840 distinct works • Similar authors

	One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating — 1,007,439 ratings — published 1967 — 1052 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love in the Time of Cholera 3.94 avg rating — 517,623 ratings — published 1985 — 616 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chronicle of a Death Foretold 3.97 avg rating — 205,780 ratings — published 1981 — 528 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel García Márquez, Edith Grossman (Translator) 3.58 avg rating — 90,608 ratings — published 2004 — 234 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Of Love and Other Demons 3.96 avg rating — 79,447 ratings — published 1994 — 321 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El coronel no tiene quien le escriba 3.79 avg rating — 57,304 ratings — published 1961 — 353 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	En agosto nos vemos 3.62 avg rating — 30,838 ratings — published 2024 — 66 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Strange Pilgrims: Twelve Stories by Gabriel García Márquez, Edith Grossman (Translator) 4.04 avg rating — 26,183 ratings — published 1992 — 232 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Autumn of the Patriarch 3.87 avg rating — 24,646 ratings — published 1975 — 158 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The General in His Labyrinth 3.69 avg rating — 24,088 ratings — published 1989 — 250 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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February Short Story/Novella Poll

The 39 Steps by John Buchan, 100+- pages, 1915

42 votes, 20.2%

Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez, 120 pages, 1981

40 votes, 19.2%

The Devil and Daniel Webster by Stephen Vincent Benét, 48 pages, 1937

29 votes, 13.9%

The Offshore Pirate by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 48 pages, 1920

24 votes, 11.5%

What I Believe by Bertrand Russell, 48 pages, 1925

20 votes, 9.6%

The Immortal by Jorge Luis Borges, ? pages, 1947

20 votes, 9.6%

Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness by William Styron, 84 pages, 1990

17 votes, 8.2%

The Verger by W. Somerset Maugham. 6+- pages, 1928

16 votes, 7.7%

208 total votes

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