Gabriel José García Márquez was a Colombian writer and journalist, affectionately called Gabo, who won the 1972 Neustadt International Prize for Literature and the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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About Gabriel García Márquez
He left law school to pursue journalism and was known for outspoken criticism of Colombian and foreign politics. In 1958 he married Mercedes Barcha Pardo, and they had two sons, Rodrigo and Gonzalo.
