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Mercedes Raquel Barcha Pardo (November 6, 1932 – August 15, 2020) was the wife of novelist Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014). Life. Barcha was born on November 6, 1932, in Magangué, Colombia. Barcha is best known for her financial and emotional support of her Nobel Prize-winning husband, the author Gabriel García Márquez.
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- August 15, 2020 (aged 87), Mexico City, Mexico
- November 6, 1932, Magangué, Colombia
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Aug 23, 2020 · Mercedes Barcha, the widow, muse and gatekeeper of the Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez, who played a crucial role in the publication of his breakthrough novel, “One Hundred Years of...
Aug 16, 2020 · By CARLOS RODRÍGUEZ. Updated 12:46 PM PDT, August 16, 2020. MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mercedes Barcha, who was credited by late husband and Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez with making it possible for him to write his masterpiece “One Hundred Years of Solitude,” has died at the age of 87.
Aug 28, 2020 · Mercedes Raquel Barcha Pardo was born November 6, 1932, the eldest child of the pharmacist in Magangué, on the banks of the Magdalena river as it flows towards Colombia’s Caribbean coast. In ...
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Jul 24, 2021 · July 24, 2021. A FAREWELL TO GABO AND MERCEDES. A Son’s Memoir of Gabriel García Márquez and Mercedes Barcha. By Rodrigo Garcia. As dementia gripped Gabriel García Márquez, the writer known...
Aug 18, 2020 · Published: August 18, 2020 10:36 AM IST. Mercedes Barcha, the widow of Colombian writer and Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Márquez (1927-2014). AFP. Mercedes Barcha Pardo, widow of renowned Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez, passed away on Saturday at the age of 87. Garcia Marquez's nephew, Gabriel Torres Garcia, confirmed the news.
Mercedes Barcha, the widow, muse and gatekeeper of Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez, who played a crucial role in the publication of his breakthrough novel, “One Hundred Years of Solitude,” died Aug. 15 at her home in Mexico City. She was 87.
