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Gabriel García Márquez

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Gabriel García Márquez

1927 – 2014 · aged 87 · Novelist

What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it.

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Gabriel García Márquez wrote One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982. Known across Latin America as Gabo, he lived much of his life in Mexico City.

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What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it.

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Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982.
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19/03/2009 La Ministra de Cultura de Colombia Paula Moreno y el escritor colombiano Gabriel García Marquez fueron los encargados de entregar el Mayahuel de Plat
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19/03/2009 La Ministra de Cultura de Colombia Paula Moreno y el escritor colombiano Gabriel García Marquez fueron los encargados de entregar el Mayahuel de Plat
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Gabriel García Márquez: "“Escribir es enfrentarse al monstruo de la escritura”
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Gabriel García Márquez y German Castro Caycedo - Entrevista (1976)
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¿Quién Fue Realmente Gabriel García Márquez? | Más allá de Macondo | Documental Completo
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Gabriel García Márquez in His Own Words on Writing "100 Years of Solitude"
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6 Aug 2026

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Rest in peace

Gabriel once said something in an interview that changed how I thought about my own work. I've never forgotten it.

Karen Peterson7 Aug 2026

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Same here. Exactly this.

Raymond Myers10 Aug 2026

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Thank you for sharing this.

30 Jun 2026

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Still with us

A life fully lived. Thank you, Gabriel.

Brandon Myers5 Jul 2026

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Yes. This.

4 Jun 2026

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Read a chapter aloud to my daughter tonight. She loved it. Gabriel lives on.

23 Dec 2025

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One of a kind

Not many people can say they made millions of strangers feel less alone. Gabriel could.

27 Nov 2025

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I keep coming back to this page. It helps to know so many others feel the same.

20 Nov 2025

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Lighting a candle from England. Gabriel meant a great deal to a lot of us here.

Brenda Newman2 Dec 2025

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Yes. This.

30 Oct 2025

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Gratitude

Rest well, Gabriel. The work is done, and it was good.

Marcus Battle12 Dec 2025

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Yes. This.

Abena Mensah23 Feb 2026

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This made me cry. Thank you.

28 Aug 2025

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Thank you for every sentence, Gabriel.

Rachel Dean3 Sept 2025

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Sending love from England.

7 May 2025

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What they gave us

Thank you, Gabriel. For the joy, the honesty, and for showing up when it mattered.

Hamish Hill9 May 2025

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Sending love from Brazil.

Ursula Keller13 Sept 2025

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Sending love from the States.

21 Mar 2025

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Never forgotten

To the family: you shared Gabriel with all of us for so long. Thank you. We're holding you in our thoughts.

16 Mar 2025

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My dad introduced me to Gabriel's work when I was a kid. We talked about it for hours. Today I'm thinking of both of them.

13 Mar 2025

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Some people leave a mark on the world that doesn't fade. Gabriel was one of them.

Megan James8 Apr 2025

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Sending love from Singapore.

12 Mar 2025

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Still with us

The world is a little quieter today.

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There are people you assume will always be there. Losing Gabriel feels like losing a piece of the furniture of the world.

Brenda Newman2 Apr 2025

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Sending love from England.

12 Mar 2025

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I have read Gabriel's books more times than I can count. Each time they gave me something new.

Rania Khoury15 May 2025

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Couldn't agree more.

Blanca Pena10 May 2026

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Beautifully said.

Candles

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128 people are remembering Gabriel here. Light a candle when words are hard. It stays here.

Scott Peterson🇺🇸9d ago
Isha Naidu🇮🇳20d ago
Lily Taylor🇺🇸27d ago
Joy Castillo🇵🇭7 Aug 2026
Anonymous🇸🇪3 Aug 2026
Lighting this with love.
Nomvula Kamau🇿🇦30 Jul 2026
Rebecca Mills🇺🇸28 Jul 2026
Hamish Turner🇺🇸13 Jul 2026
Dale Hicks🇺🇸12 Jul 2026
Hamish Hill🇺🇸8 Jul 2026
Anonymous🇦🇷23 Jun 2026
Megan James🇺🇸14 Jun 2026
Greta Kaiser🇺🇸25 May 2026
Andrew Jordan🇺🇸19 May 2026
We remember.
Anonymous🇺🇸6 May 2026
Rest easy.
Chantel Mays🇺🇸4 May 2026
Sleep well.
Freja Larsen🇺🇸18 Apr 2026
Diana Fuentes🇺🇸8 Apr 2026
Grateful for your life.
Monique Washington🇺🇸5 Apr 2026
Anonymous🇧🇷25 Mar 2026
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Timeline

  1. 6 March 1927
    Born in Aracataca, Colombia
  2. 17 April 2014
    Died in Mexico City, Mexico
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