Gabriel García Márquez
Colombian novelist and short story writer
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Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo or Gabito throughout Latin America. Wikipedia
Born: March 6, 1927, Aracataca, Colombia
Died: April 17, 2014 (age 87 years), Mexico City, Mexico
Influenced by: Ernest Hemingway, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Virginia Woolf, and more
Education: Universidad Nacional de Colombia and Universidad de Cartagena
Children: Indira Cato, Rodrigo García, and Gonzalo García Barcha
Parents: Gabriel Eligio García and Luisa Santiaga Márquez