Repertorio Espanol Cronica de una muerte anunciada (Chronicle of a Death Foretold) By Gabriel García Márquez

"Hypnotizing! Poetic!"--Village Voice

Repertorio Español from New York City brings to life one of the best known works of Latin American literature. Gabriel García Márquez's brilliant Cronica de una muerte anunciada (Chronicle of a Death Foretold) is a murder mystery that's simultaneously a profound exploration of human nature and the power of the collective over the individual.

The recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982, García Márquez is one of the leading Latin American authors of all time. Repertorio Español was founded in 1968 and has made it its mission to bring Spanish-language theater to broad audiences. The production company includes actors with roots in Colombia, Argentina, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic.

This presentation offers an unusual opportunity to enjoy a live theatrical performance in Columbus staged completely in Spanish. An audio English translation is available using special headphones and can be requested at the time of ticket purchase. The event is organized by Ohio State's Hispanic/Latino community in an effort to provide diverse Latino experiences for the university and central Ohio communities.

Following the performance, the Spanish-language newspaper Fronteras de la Noticia (a sister publication to the Columbus Dispatch) hosts its second anniversary party at the Wexner Center. Admission is free for the party, which features live music and a cash bar.

Free parking is available for this event in the Ohio Union Parking Garage. About Gabriel García Márquez
Gabriel García Márquez is a Colombian novelist, journalist, publisher, political activist, and one of most respected and widely read Latin American writers of all time. He was born in the northern Colombian town of Aracataca on March 6, 1928. His works often combine elements of realism and fantasy, documentary and fiction, and he is known as one of the leading literary practitioners of magic realism.

His most famous work, Cien años de soledad (One Hundred Years of Solitude), was originally published in 1967 and had sold more than 10 million copies in 30 different languages by the end of the 20th century. Other publications include El amor en los tiempos del cólera (Love in the Time of Cholera), El general en su laberinto (The General in His Labyrinth), and Cronica de una muerte anunciada (Chronicle of a Death Foretold), the novella on which this production is based.

García Márquez spent much of the 1960s and 1970s in voluntary exile in Mexico and Spain. He was invited to return to Colombia in the 1980s and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982.