1928- . Colombian novelist. His sweeping
novel Cien anos de soledad/One Hundred Years
of Solitude 1967 (which tells the story of a
family over a period of six generations) is
an example of magic realism, a technique used
to heighten the intensity of realistic
portrayal of social and political issues by
introducing grotesque or fanciful material.
Other books include El amor en los tiempos
del colera/Love in the Time of Cholera 1985.
Nobel Prize for Literature 1982.