Some of his works are set in a fictional village called Macondo, and most of them express the theme of solitude. His works have achieved significant critical acclaim and widespread commercial success, most notably for popularizing a literary style labeled as magical realism, which uses magical elements and events in order to explain real experiences. He wrote many acclaimed non-fiction works and short stories, but is best-known for his novels, such as One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) and Love in the Time of Cholera (1985). He studied at the University of Bogotá and later worked as a reporter for the Colombian newspaper El Espectador and as a foreign correspondent in Rome, Paris, Barcelona, Caracas, and New York. In 1982, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. García Márquez, familiarly known as "Gabo" in his native country, was considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century. Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist.
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