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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.
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 · 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 18, 2020 · Mercedes Barcha was the partner and muse of the Colombian writer, who wrote 'One Hundred Years of Solitude'. She supported him financially and emotionally during his early years as a journalist and a novelist.
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...
Nov 6, 2020 · Mercedes Barcha was the devoted partner and muse of Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel García Márquez for nearly sixty years. Learn about her life, her role in his work, and her legacy in this tribute by Felipe Restrepo Pombo.
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.
