Márquez
Britishnoun
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Edith Grossman, admired for her English versions of Cervantes and Gabriel García Márquez, once observed that “a translation is not made with tracing paper.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
"I think the trains aren't as safe as before," says Olga Márquez, another resident of Córdoba.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2026
That bloody chapter in Colombian history provided a factual basis for a subplot in “One Hundred Years of Solitude,” an epic novel by Gabriel García Márquez, who won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1982.
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2026
Freddy Márquez, a lawyer in Caracas, said his family managed rising food prices over Christmas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
That afternoon, while Úrsula was trying to rescue Rebeca from the slough of delirium, he went with Magnífico Visbal and Gerineldo Márquez to Catarino's store.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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