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Gabriel Garcia Marquez: books and prizes

Gabriel García Márquez was a Colombian novelist, short story writer and journalist who worked as a foreign correspondent in the 1950s and 1960s. He settled in Mexico City, where he lived until his death. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982.¹

Works, in order of first publication

1. 1955Leaf Storm²La hojarascanovel
2. 1961No One Writes to the Colonel²El coronel no tiene quien le escribanovel
3. 1961In Evil Hour²La mala horanovel
4. 1962Big Mama's Funeral²Los funerales de la Mamá Grandeshort stories
5. 1967One Hundred Years of Solitude^2,1Cien años de soledadEnglish translation 1970novel
6. 1970The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor²Relato de un náufragonon-fiction
7. 1975The Autumn of the Patriarch^2,1El otoño del patriarcanovel
8. 1981Chronicle of a Death Foretold²Crónica de una muerte anunciadanovel
9. 1985Love in the Time of Cholera^2,1El amor en los tiempos del cóleranovel
10. 1989The General in His Labyrinth²El general en su laberintonovel
11. 1992Strange Pilgrims²Doce cuentos peregrinosshort stories
12. 1994Of Love and Other Demons²Del amor y otros demoniosnovel
13. 1996News of a Kidnapping²Noticia de un secuestronon-fiction
14. 2002Living to Tell the Tale²Vivir para contarlamemoir
15. 2004Memories of My Melancholy Whores²Memoria de mis putas tristesnovel

Prizes

1. 1982Nobel Prize in Literature¹For Body of work

Sources

1. Nobel Prize Outreach, Gabriel García Márquez, Facts, Nobel Prize in Literature 1982 (accessed 2026-10-28)
2. Nobel Prize Outreach, Gabriel García Márquez, Bibliography, Nobel Prize in Literature 1982 (accessed 2026-10-28)