UN LIBRITO DE

RECUERDOS

Christina Marie Nutter

GABRIEL GARCA
MRQUEZ

Novelista

lo que
importa en la
vida no es lo
que te pasa
pero lo que
recuerda y
cmo lo
recuerde
WHAT MATTERS IN LIFE IS NOT WHAT
HAPPENS TO YOU BUT WHAT YOU
REMEMBER AND HOW YOU REMEMBER IT

-Gabriel Garca Mrquez

FAMILY

FAMILIA

GABRIEL JOS DE LA
CONCORDIA GARCA
MRQUEZ
Gabriel was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter
and journalist. He was known as Gabo or Gabito in Latin America.
He was considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th
century and one of the best in Spanish language. He was awarded
the 1972 Neustadt International Prize for Literature and the 1982
Nobel Prize in Literature. In 1958, he married Mercedes Barcha and
they had two sons named Rodrigo and Gonzalo. He started as a
journalist, and wrote many acclaimed non-fiction works and short
stories.
March 6, 1927 to April 17, 2014
On his death, Juan Manuel Santos, the President of Colombia,
described him as "the greatest Colombian who ever lived."

PAST TENSE
Preterite

Imperfect

It is used for actions in the past that are seen as completed.

It is used for actions in the past that are not seen as completed.
It implies that the past action had a beginning and an end.
It implies that the past action did not have a beginning or an end.
The beginning and end may not always be clearly stated.
It is in general when an action took place.
It is specifically when an action took place.