Gabriel García Márquez was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist, widely regarded as one of the most significant authors of the 20th century. He was popularly known as Gabo or Gabito throughout Latin America. His works achieved significant international acclaim and widespread recognition, most notably for popularizing a literary style known as magical realism, which uses magical elements and events in otherwise ordinary and realistic situations. García Márquez's works have achieved significant critical acclaim and widespread commercial success, most notably for popularizing a literary style known as magical realism, which uses magical elements and events in otherwise ordinary and realistic situations. He wrote many acclaimed non-fiction works and short stories, but is best-known for his novels, such as One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967), The Autumn of the Patriarch (1975), Love in the Time of Cholera (1985), and Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1981). His works have been translated into more than forty languages and have sold more than fifty million copies worldwide. García Márquez was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982, and is considered one of the most influential authors of the 20th century. He was also awarded the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1972, and the Rómulo Gallegos Prize in 1971. He was a member of the Colombian Academy of Language and the Royal Spanish Academy. He was also a vocal supporter of the Cuban Revolution and a close friend of Fidel Castro.