Márquez
Britishnoun
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Magical realism was in its heyday, and Gabriel García Márquez was becoming its patron saint.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 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
Vice President Francia Márquez denied the allegations, saying she had “never received money from criminals.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
Gabriel, on the other hand, did not doubt the reality of Colonel Aureliano Buendía because he had been a companion in arms and inseparable friend of his great-great-grandfather Colonel Gerineldo Márquez.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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