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Article: Gabriel Garcia Marquez: creator of the magic realism movement in Latin-American Literature.(BOOK WORLD)
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- The World and I
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- January 1, 2008
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez, one of the major writers of the 20th century, writes because it is the call he hears and it is the passion he feels. He has gone from a robust passionate writer to an aging melancholic one in a long creative life.
One of the major sophisticated literary artists, Garcia Marquez has attained broad popularity in his lifetime. His masterpiece, "One Hundred Years of Solitude," has sold tens of millions of copies world wide. His later works have enjoyed equally astounding sales. He received the highest official recognition with the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982
Gabriel Jose Garcia Marquez was born on March 6, 1928 (although his ...