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was born
was born in the March 6, 1927. -
moved to Barranquilla
Shortly after the birth of Gabriel, his father became a pharmacist and, in January 1929, with Luisa moved to Barranquilla , leaving Gabriel Aracataca the care of his maternal grandparents. -
death of his grandfather
death of his grandfather in 1936 -
he studied at the Jesuit college of San José since 1940
García Márquez attended the early grades of school in the Jesuit school of San Jose since 1940, where he published his first poems in the school magazine Youth. -
graduation
After graduation in 1947, García Márquez remained in Bogotá to study law at the National University of Colombia , where he had special dedication to reading. -
García Márquez gave up becoming a lawyer
In 1950, becoming a lawyer withdrew to focus on journalism and moved back to Ottawa to work as a columnist and reporter for the newspaper El Heraldo. -
Nobel Prize for Literature
Gabriel was a writer, novelist, screenwriter, editor and journalist colombiano.In 1982 he received the Nobel Prize for Literature. -
gabriel disease
In 1999 he was diagnosed with lymphatic cancer. -
tribute paid to him by the Colombian government
After 24 years of absence, in 2007 he returned to Aracataca for a tribute paid to him by the Colombian government to fulfill its 80 years of life and 40 from the first publication of One Hundred Years of Solitude. -
Gabriel García Márquez died
García Márquez died on April 17, 2014. -
relapse product of lymphatic cancer.
In April 2014 he was admitted to the National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition in Mexico City, because of a relapse product of lymphatic cancer that was diagnosed in 1999. the Cancer had affected lung, lymph nodes and liver.
