Mercedes Barcha

E32064

human

Mercedes Barcha was the longtime wife and muse of Nobel Prize–winning author Gabriel García Márquez, known for her steadfast support throughout his literary career.

Aliases (3)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human →
ageAtDeath	87 →
associatedWith	Latin American Boom → magical realism →
burialPlace	Mexico City, Mexico →
causeOfDeath	respiratory failure →
countryOfCitizenship	Colombia →
dateOfBirth	1932-11-06 →
dateOfDeath	2020-08-15 →
describedAs	pillar of stability in Gabriel García Márquez’s life → steadfast supporter of Gabriel García Márquez →
educatedAt	Colegio La Presentación (Magangué) →
ethnicGroup	Colombians →
familyName	Barcha →
givenName	Mercedes →
hasChild	Gonzalo García Barcha → Rodrigo García →
hasRelative	Gabriel Eligio García → Luisa Santiaga Márquez →
honoredIn	obituaries in major international newspapers →
inspired	elements of several female characters in García Márquez’s fiction → elements of the character Mercedes in "Love in the Time of Cholera" →
knownFor	inspiring aspects of characters in Gabriel García Márquez’s works →
languageSpoken	Spanish →
marriageStart	1958 →
metSpouseAt	Sucre, Colombia →
name	Mercedes Barcha →
nationality	Colombian →
notableFor	being the longtime wife of Gabriel García Márquez → supporting Gabriel García Márquez’s literary career →
notableWork	support of the writing of "One Hundred Years of Solitude" →
occupation	muse →
parent	Mercedes Barcha → Mercedes Barcha →
partOf	García Márquez family →
placeOfBirth	Magangué, Bolívar, Colombia →
placeOfDeath	Mexico City, Mexico →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
residence	Barranquilla, Colombia → Bogotá, Colombia → Mexico City, Mexico →
sexOrGender	female →
spouse	Gabriel García Márquez → Mercedes Barcha →
supportedCreativeWork	Cien años de soledad → Crónica de una muerte anunciada → El amor en los tiempos del cólera → El otoño del patriarca →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Gonzalo García Barcha → Rodrigo García →	parent
Gabriel García Márquez → Gabriel García Márquez →	spouse
Mercedes Barcha →	name
Gabo →	refersToPersonSpouse