The children would remember for the rest of their lives the august solemnity with which their father, devastated by his prolonged vigil and by the wr… - Gabriel García Márquez

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The children would remember for the rest of their lives the august solemnity with which their father, devastated by his prolonged vigil and by the wraith of his imagination, revealed his discovery to them: 'The world is round, like an orange.

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About Gabriel García Márquez

Gabriel José García Márquez (6 March 1927 – 17 April 2014) was a Colombian novelist, journalist and activist. He was awarded the 1982 Nobel Prize for Literature.

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Alternative Names: Gabriel José García Márquez Gabriel Garcia Marquez Gabriel Jose Garcia Marquez Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez Gabriel Jose de la Concordia Garcia Marquez
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