Thursday, April 17, 2014

Gabriel García Márquez / A life in pictures

Gabriel García Márquez – a life in pictures



The Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez, who has died aged 87, helped to ignite the worldwide boom in Spanish literature with novels such as 100 Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera. Here we celebrate his life with a selection of images charting his journey from childhood in northern Colombia to global literary titan
THE GUARDIAN, 17 April 2014



Gabriel García Márquez at his house in Mexico City, 2010
Gabriel García Márquez at his house in Mexico City, 2010. Photograph: Miguel Tovar/AP
Gabriel García Márquezas a baby
Gabriel García Márquezez as a baby. Photograph: Balcells Archive
Gabriel García Márquez and family
Gabriel García Márquez and family. Left to right: Margot García Márquez, Eduardo Márquez (a cousin), Gabriel García Márquez, Luis Enroque Márquez and Aida Márquez. Seated is Ligia García Márquez. Photograph: Balcells Archive
Gabriel García Márquez
Gabriel García Márquez. Photograph: Balcells Archive
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1972.
Gabriel García Márquez, 1972. Photograph: Katherine Young/Getty Images
Gabriel García Márquez with a copy of his book One Hundred Years of Solitude, 1975
Gabriel García Márquez with a copy of his book One Hundred Years of Solitude, 1975. Photograph: Isabel Steva Hernandez (Colita)/Corbis
Lelio Basso, Gabriel García Márquez and Vladimir Dedijer
Lelio Basso makes his speech at the Tribunale Russell II/Repressione in America Latina, next to Gabriel García Márquezz and Vladimir Dedijer, Rome, 1979. Photograph: Team/Alinari/Rex
Gabriel García Márquez poses by his house in Cartagena, Colombia, 1982
Gabriel García Márquez at his house in Cartagena, Colombia, 1982. Photograph: Piero Pomponi/Getty Images
Gabriel García Márquez of Colombia gets a kiss from his wife Mercedes Barcha
Gabriel García Márquez kisses his wife Mercedes Barcha on his arrival at the airport in Stockholm to attend the Nobel award ceremonies, 1982. Photograph: Topham/AP
Gabriel García Márquez after receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature
Gabriel García Márquez after receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature in Stockholm, 1982. Photograph: Bertil Ericson/AFP/Getty Images
Gabriel García Márquez and Fidel Castro
Gabriel García Márquez and Fidel Castro at Revolution Square, Cuba, during the inauguration of the first Cuban 'National Olympic games' in 2002. Photograph: Jose Goitia/AP
Gabriel García Márquez and his wife, Mercedes Barcha
Gabriel García Márquez and his wife, Mercedes Barcha, upon their arrival to Aracataca on his first visit in 25 years to his hometown, 2007. Photograph: William Fernando Martinez
Gabriel García Márquez greets fans and reporters
Gabriel García Márquez greets fans and reporters outside his home on his birthday in Mexico City, 2014. Photograph: Eduardo Verdugo/AP
Eliza Triana in Of Love and Other Demons, (aka Del Amor Y Otros Demonios), 2010
Eliza Triana in Of Love and Other Demons, (Del Amor Y Otros Demonios), 2010 Photograph: c.Everett Collection/Rex
Benjamin Bratt and Giovanna Mezzogiorno in Love In The Time Of Cholera, 2007
Benjamin Bratt and Giovanna Mezzogiorno in Love In The Time Of Cholera, 2007. Photograph: c.New Line/Everett/Rex

THE GUARDIAN

DRAGON

SHORT STORIES

SHORT STORIES IN SPANISH

Ojos de perro azul (1947 - 1955)

Los funerales de la Mamá Grande (1962)


La increíble y triste historia de Cándida Eréndira y de su abuela desalmada (1972)


Doce cuentos peregrinos


Otros cuentos


MESTER DE BREVERÍA

PESSOA



1 comment:

  1. What does Gabriel Garcia Marquez think about making a telenovela movie of “One Hundred Years of Solitude” ?
    Find the answer in an interview with Gabriel (imaginary) in http://stenote.blogspot.hk/search?q=gabriel

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