About the Author | Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014) was a Colombian novelist, journalist, and Nobel Prize winner in Literature (1982). He is best known for his masterpiece One Hundred Years of Solitude, a landmark in world literature and a defining work of magical realism. Márquez's storytelling blends fantasy and reality, drawing heavily from Latin American history, politics, and culture. His other major works include Love in the Time of Cholera, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, and The Autumn of the Patriarch. His influence extended beyond literature into journalism and political thought, making him one of the most important writers of the 20th century. |