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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 · 2,286,935 ratings · 131,325 reviews · 846 distinct works • Similar authors

	One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating — 1,016,877 ratings — published 1967 — 1051 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 — 520,753 ratings — published 1985 — 619 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 — 208,786 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 — 91,436 ratings — published 2004 — 98 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 — 80,193 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 — 58,367 ratings — published 1961 — 354 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 3.61 avg rating — 33,787 ratings — published 2024 — 69 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 — 26,493 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 — 24,865 ratings — published 1975 — 300 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 — 24,256 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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Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 964 page, pub. 1877

52 votes, 21.1%

The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton pub 1920, 293 pages

46 votes, 18.7%

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez pub. 1967, 417 pages

36 votes, 14.6%

Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne pub. 1872, 252 pages

33 votes, 13.4%

The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman pub. 1892.

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