Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Gabriel José García Marquez, nicknamed Gabo and Gabito, was born in Aracataca, Colombia. He is a Colombian writer, journalist and social activist. He is a representative figure of Latin American magical realism literature and the explosion of Latin American literature. He is considered one of the greatest Spanish writers and one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. He is the winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature and the author of "One Hundred Years of Solitude".