A mythical, historic Macondo: ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ becomes a Netflix series
The adaptation of Gabriel García Márquez’s novel is a tribute to a Colombian history woven from both magic and violence
When receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature becomes a curse
For some of the winners of the award, which will be announced this Thursday in Stockholm, it was a ‘kiss of death.’ Many never wrote any more notable works, and others felt uneasy about the loss of their privacy
‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ sweeps Japan after a 50-year delay
The 1967 novel by Gabriel García Márquez has become the publishing phenomenon of the summer in Japan, largely due to the upcoming release of the Netflix series based on the book
Gabriel García Márquez’s archive in Austin reveals all the secrets about his unpublished novel
‘Until August’ — Gabo’s posthumous book — will hit bookstores on March 12. Underlying this novella by the Colombian Nobel Prize winner are doubts about his desire to publish it, as well as the reasons why his heirs made the decision to do so. EL PAÍS visited the Harry Ransom Center in Austin, Texas, where five drafts of the short novel — with his handwritten corrections — are treasured, along with the rest of the Nobel Prize winner’s legacy
Ariel Dorfman, co-author of ‘How to Read Donald Duck’: ‘Disney wanted children who would compete and embrace a fierce individualism’
On the 100th anniversary of the entertainment company, the Chilean writer analyzes the validity of his 1972 work, which points out how iconic cartoon characters have been utilized as means of American propaganda
Thirty years of talking about Pablo Escobar
His most lasting legacy was to inject the virus of corruption into a more or less stable democracy, and even to forever disrupt the value system of Colombian society
The Nobel Prize in Literature’s history of snubs and long-forgotten winners
Shaped by the political and literary climate of the time, the award does not assure a spot in the literary canon and often overlooks exceptional authors
An unpublished interview with Gabriel García Márquez: ‘Maybe the myths about me are more interesting than my life’
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In collaboration with documentary filmmaker Jon Intxaustegi, EL PAÍS offers excerpts from a 1994 interview with the Colombian Nobel Prize winner in which he discusses music, the Caribbean, money, love, books and ideas
Milan Kundera: Irony and the novel
In ‘The Joke’, the Czech-French writer began to explore the subject that would haunt him all his life: human beings’ fight against the forces that rob them of their freedom
An unpublished novel by García Márquez set to be released in 2024
The Colombian author’s inheritors have decided to publish ‘En agosto nos vemos’ (’See you in August’), a story that the Nobel laureate never managed to finish and left at 150 pages
From Steve Jobs to Will Still: When talent beats qualifications
A soccer coach who is thriving in France’s Ligue 1 despite not holding a UEFA Pro license, Still is following in the footsteps of a whole host of illustrious autodidacts
When Mario Vargas Llosa punched Gabriel García Márquez
The writer Jaime Bayly novels the blow that broke the friendship between the Nobel Prize winners
Mario Vargas Llosa: ‘I have no regrets’
The Spanish-Peruvian author and Nobel laureate spoke with EL PAÍS at his home in Madrid ahead of his induction into the prestigious Académie Française
Vargas Llosa breaks his silence over friendship with García Márquez
Nobel laureate discusses ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ at Spanish open university course in Madrid