Marquez Biography

Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez is a Columbian novelist, short story writer, screen writer, and a journalist. He was born in the town of Aracataca, Columbia in March 6, 1927. He was sent to a school for the gifted at the age of fifteen, and studied law and journalism there. He started his job as a journalist when he was studying law (he gave up law to follow his dream as a writer) at the University of Cartagena, and he joined an unofficial writers group because he became very motivated and inspired after reading works from influential writers such as William Faulkner. He married Mercedes Barcha, whom he met while she was in collage, and married after he came back to Barranquilla in 1958. They had two children, Rodrigo and Gonzales.

While working as an journalist as his main occupation, he wrote many works, non-fiction and fiction, his first story, “The Third Resignation” was written in 1947. He wrote many articles about the communist movements in Columbia, and he is not limited to that topic, he wrote stories and articles, not only political, but about history and mythology, autobiography as well. He is an active person, and he is travelling around the world, mostly Mexico, America, and Europe, most of the time. In July 1999, he was hospitalized, and diagnosed with lymphatic cancer, but is still fighting with it now.