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Birth Day
He was born in Aracataca, Columbia -
Eyes of a Blue Dog
Short stories -
He was of Liberal beliefs
He had a strong pull to socialism, he based his novels off of real life, and said they should model the future which portrays socialism. -
Graduated from La Universidad Nacional De Columbia
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Published the Leaf Storm
Novel -
Got married to Mercedes Barcha
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No one Writes to the Colonel
Novela -
In Evil Hour
Novel -
Big Mama's Funeral
Short Story -
Prix DU Meilleur Livre Etranger- novel
one hundred years of solitude -
Romulo Gallegos Prize
One hundred years of Solitude -
Neustadt International Prize for Literature
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Ariel Award for best original story
Presage -
Autumn of the Patriarch
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Ariel Award for Best Screenplay for Cinema
The Year of the Plague. -
Chronical of a Death foretold
Novela -
Nobel Prize in Literature
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Fidel Castro helped him create Cuba's international Film School
Fidel Castro (Socialist Leader of Cuba), and Garcia were friends. -
Diagnosed with Cancer
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Living to tell the Tale
Memoir -
Memories of My Melancholy Whores
Novel -
Death Day
He died in Mexico City, Mexico.