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    The document provides background information on Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a renowned Colombian writer, and Colombia in the 1960s. It notes that Garcia Marquez was born in 1927 in Colombia, wrote his first book at age 18, and won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982. Regarding Colombia in the 1960s, the document states that a civil conflict erupted in 1964 over growing inequality, leaving over 200,000 dead and millions displaced, as war broke out between various groups and the Colombian government from 1960 to 2013.

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    The document provides background information on Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a renowned Colombian writer, and Colombia in the 1960s. It notes that Garcia Marquez was born in 1927 in Colombia, wrote his first book at age 18, and won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982. Regarding Colombia in the 1960s, the document states that a civil conflict erupted in 1964 over growing inequality, leaving over 200,000 dead and millions displaced, as war broke out between various groups and the Colombian government from 1960 to 2013.

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    The document provides background information on Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a renowned Colombian writer, and Colombia in the 1960s. It notes that Garcia Marquez was born in 1927 in Colombia, wrote his first book at age 18, and won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982. Regarding Colombia in the 1960s, the document states that a civil conflict erupted in 1964 over growing inequality, leaving over 200,000 dead and millions displaced, as war broke out between various groups and the Colombian government from 1960 to 2013.

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    1. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    2. Colombia in the 1960s

    1) Gabriel Garcia Marquez

    ● Born on 6 of March 1927 in Aracataca, Colombia


    ● He was one of the best Latin American writers in history
    ● He was a novelist, poet, short story writer, screenwriter,
    journolist
    ● He started writing at the age of 18
    ● First book was “Leafstorm” (La Hojarasca)
    ● He won a Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982
    ● He died on April 17 2014 due to pneumonia

    2) Colombia in the 1960s

    ● The Civil Conflict in Colombia happened on 27 May 1964


    ● Protesters complained about the growing inequality in Colombia
    ● It left 220,000 dead, 25,000 disappeared, 5.7 million displaced
    ● The Colombian Conflict was war between the Colombian
    government and other forces and groups in Colombia
    ● The conflict happened between 1960 to 2013

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