Painting of Gabriel García Márquez with his Nobel Prize for Literature. Photo: Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 40 years ago, Gabriel García Márquez received the Nobel Prize for Literature and brought the Caribbean to Stockholm, and in front of the Swedish Academy he received the Nobel medal and a diploma. 58 years ago, in Mexico, … Read more
Last Saturday marked the forty anniversary of the delivery to Gabriel García Márquez of the Nobel Prize for Literature. That December 10, 1982, when King Gustavo Adolfo placed the plaque declaring him the winner of the highest universal award for letters in the hands of the famous Colombian novelist, cold Stockholm experienced a carnival. Colombian … Read more
Gabo Nobel. (Diseño a partir de fotografías: Jesús Avilés/Infobae). Todo lo que envuelve la figura de Gabriel García Márquez tiene un aire de misticismo que es, simplemente, incomprensible y suele rebasarse a sí mismo. Intentar entenderlo es derrumbar el artilugio, arruinarse el momento. Con Gabo las cosas son así. Pasan porque tienen que pasar y … Read more
Gabriel Garcia Marquez. There was among the musicians the drummer Paulino Salgado, from Palenque; his compadre of remote youthful complicities Rafael Escalona, the photographer Nereo López, whose hands were trembling under the snow and he was afraid he could not bear the cold of that December in Stockholm and sought the warmth of the boat … Read more
12/09/2022 On at 07:29 TEC When four decades have passed since the award granted to him by the Swedish Academy, and this year’s awards are about to be handed out, we remember how the Colombian writer became probably the best Spanish-language author of recent times. He was wearing one of those mottled jackets he used … Read more
In its ruling, the institution explained that the Nobel was awarded to garcia marquez “for his novels and short stories in which the fantastic and the real are combined in a universe richly composed of imagination that reflects the life and conflicts of the American continent.” During his acceptance speech, the writer covered the fables … Read more
“Macondo está de fiesta. Por la agónica línea férrea, único punto de contacto entre la magia y la geografía, llegó la noticia. El mundo se inclina en reverencia para anunciar que, de ahora en adelante, el pueblo de las lluvias decenales y el sol anaranjado y redondo es propiedad de la cultura universal. El Cuarto … Read more
Racism in Colombia, according to Francia Márquez 0:44 (CNN Spanish) — The Vice President of Colombia, Francia Márquez, was selected as one of the 25 Women of the Yearaccording to the Financial Times newspaper, which explores the achievements of women in different cultures, industries and the world of the arts. Márquez (Yolombó, Cauca, in 1981) … Read more
“I chose this story because it has a story behind it,” he will say ezekiel martinez in a while, when I ask him why he chose to read Something very serious is going to happen in this townof Gabriel Garcia Marquezin the podcast the ear that reads. The story will be told on a podcast, … Read more
Gabriel García Márquez and “The General in his Labyrinth”. 33 years ago, just for his saint’s day, Gabriel García Márquez published “The general in his labyrinth”, the novel in which he was in charge of reviving the figure of the liberator Simón Bolívar, a story that arose from one of many conversations with his great … Read more