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Gabriel García Márquez
| Full Name of the recipient | Gabriel García Márquez |
|---|---|
| Award | Nobel Prize in Literature |
| Year of Award | 1982 |
| Share in Award | 100.0% |
| Award Shared with | |
| Motivation for the Award | for his novels and short stories, in which the fantastic and the realistic are combined in a richly composed world of imagination, reflecting a continent's life and conflicts |
| Place of Birth | Aracataca, Colombia COL |
| Date of Birth | 6 March 1927 |
| Age at the time of Award | 54 years |
| Place of Death | Mexico City, Mexico MX |
| Date of Death | 17 April 2014 |
