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Gabriel García Márquez

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1981

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Background

Authorial Context: Gabriel García Márquez

Gabriel García Márquez was a Colombian novelist, journalist, and Nobel laureate who achieved international acclaim for his mastery of the literary genre of magical realism.

Born on March 6, 1927, in Aracataca, Colombia, into a modest family, García Márquez was raised primarily by his maternal grandparents. He was deeply influenced by their stories, folklore, and superstitions, which would later find their way into his writing. García Márquez’s early exposure to the Latin American political landscape and the social injustices prevalent in the region also shaped his perspective, fueling his commitment to storytelling as a means of social commentary.

After studying law at the National University of Colombia, García Márquez abandoned his legal career to pursue journalism. He worked for various publications and traveled extensively throughout Colombia, witnessing firsthand the political unrest and violence that ravaged the country. His experiences as a journalist would inform his fiction writing and provide the groundwork for his exploration of the complexities of power, love, and human nature.

García Márquez’s breakthrough novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967), propelled him to literary stardom. This epic novel, considered a seminal work of magical realism, tells the multi-generational saga of the Buendía family and the fictional town of Macondo.

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