Gabriel García Márquez—affectionately known as Gabo—was one of the most important and influential figures in world literature. He began his career as a journalist while he studied Law. His dedication to journalism went hand in hand with his literary vocation, and his life as a reporter did not stop until 1967, when the international success of Cien años de soledad (One Hundred Years of Solitude) allowed him to settle in Barcelona and exclusively dedicate himself to literature. In addition to his undeniable genius as a writer (he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982 and his works have been translated into most of the world's languages), García Márquez is known for his intellectual side and for being committed to the great problems of Latin America. As the highest representative of "magical realism", Gabo created one of the richest and most complete narrative worlds in the Spanish literature during the 20th century.

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