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Gabriel García Márquez
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Colombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014)

Also known as: Gabito, Gabo, Gabriel Jose de la Concordia Garcia Marquez, Gabriel Jose Garcia Marquez, Габриель Гарсиа Маркес, غابرييل غارثيا ماركيث

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Known works

  • The Story and Its Writer -- Ninth Edition
  • Short Fiction, Classic and Contemporary -- Second Edition
  • The Story and Its Writer -- Compact Eighth Edition
  • The Story and Its Writer -- Compact Fourth Edition
  • The Bedford Introduction to Literature--Reading, Thinking, Writing--Sixth Edition