Gabriel García Márquez

Awarded for

Novels and stories in which the fantastic and the realistic are combined

The story behind the prize

García Márquez's 'magical realism' mixes everyday life with miraculous events. One Hundred Years of Solitude follows the Buendía family in the town of Macondo through Latin American history. He also wrote Chronicle of a Death Foretold and worked as a journalist.

About

Colombian novelist and journalist, a master of 'magical realism'.

Exam facts

• Famous works: One Hundred Years of Solitude, Love in the Time of Cholera