The most influential Colombian in the last 50 years

New horizons narrative traced by Garcia Marquez in the literature of America Latina

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In his most recent book of essays, travel with a map in white (Alfaguara, 2018), the Colombian writer Juan Gabriel Vásquez (Bogotá, 1973) argues that the best novels of world literature - and therefore the best writers - are characterized by Discover a new narrative space that hitherto has not been addressed by other writers. "This is what makes all valuable novel," says Vasquez, "see a map, the map of a territory that has never been explored, and refer to it to fill those blanks with your scan results". Article taken from Google

Many are articles written by different writers who recognize our "Gabo" literary legacy as Gabriel García Márquez was known in the literary world, and this reference implies the path traced by a Colombian than with its strokes He began to fly not only butterflies yellow in your dreams, then you could see some window frames impregnated with the smell of guayaba for transcend in one hundred years of solitude and so embraced by that infinite colors blanket, cross borders, and delve into the most beautiful the human being which is your imagination.

These are just some reasons why english students group 900002_350 we decided to choose Gabriel García Márquez as the Colombian more influential in our country in the last 50 years, his life, his literary works and their human warmth, were and will continue to still influence for all persons at any stage of your life.  In order to know aspects of his personal life, we have developed this activity in five sections:

-          Page 1. Physical description: Using the verbs “to be” and “to have” we describe his physical appearance

-          Page 2.  Personal Information: There is a collage with pictures to introduce the professional by mentioning personal information: Full name, age, nationality, birthplace and occupation.

             -     Page 3. His/daily routine: There is a collage with pictures that describe his daily                   routine with a description of each action through a short paragraph by using Present Simple
                   Tense and Phrasal Verbs (where it was possible).

-          Page 4. Activities he likes and dislikes: A collage with pictures that describe the activities he likes and dislikes doing in his professional field. And we include a description of each picture through a paragraph. (Using our description

-          Page5. What is his house like? Make a collage with pictures of the professional's place work (using our imagination). Which include a description of each picture using sentences in simple present and modal verbs?

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