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One day in 1990, Márquez was invited to China to interview the world-famous metropolises of Beijing and Shanghai. After hearing the news that Marquez was coming, the whole country was boiling, and the famous writer Qian Zhongshu accompanied him all the way, and everyone attached great importance to this famous writer who came from afar.
But when Márquez visited a bookstore in China, he was furious and left it alone"For 150 years after my death, I did not authorize China to publish my works, especially One Hundred Years of Solitude," and walked away.
Since then, "One Hundred Years of Solitude" has really not appeared in Chinese bookstores, and it was not until 2010 that China got the publishing rights of "One Hundred Years of Solitude".
What was the reason for Márquez's decision, and why did our country regain the right to publish?
On March 6, 1927, on this wonderful spring day when everything was recovering, Colombia ushered in the birth of a great writer who would later be famous in the world literary circle, and this person was famousMarquez
Márquez was born into a family of twelve with ten siblings, and he was the eldest son in the family. Perhaps the traditional belief in everyone is that the eldest son will definitely be by his parents' side to help take care of his younger siblings.
But Márquez grew up with his maternal grandparents, who became the most influential people for Márquez. My grandfather used to be a soldier, and he continued to improve himself under the tempering of the army, and eventually became a colonel, and won numerous honors. When my grandfather retired, he was still respected by the soldiers.
Not only because of my grandfather's good leadership skills, but also because of my grandfather's inner perseverance, enthusiasm and kindness, almost everyone in the army was helped by my grandfather. Under the tutelage of his maternal grandfather, Márquez's young sapling eventually grew into a big tree of integrity.
The earliest literary enlightenment of Marquez was brought by his maternal grandmother, who often listened to his grandmother tell folk anecdotes, which greatly expanded Márquez's horizons, and when Marquez was 7 years old, he held "One Thousand and One Nights" in his hands, which also paved the way for Marquez to become a Latin American magical realist writer.
Márquez's parents wanted their son to become a lawyer, not only with a high social status, but also with a good salary after working, so after their son graduated from high school, his parents guided Márquez to choose a law faculty at the University of Bogotá.
Live up to your parents' expectationsIn 1947, Márquez finally got his wish and was admitted to the Faculty of Law at the University of Bogo Xi but he knew that his passion was not for law, but for literature.
So after entering university, Márquez entered his creative career. Feeling that he hadn't read enough, Márquez soaked himself in the library after finishing his studies, digesting almost all the Spanish poetry in his stomach.
In 1948, Colombia experienced a severe civil war, which forced many schools to close and Márquez to drop out.
After dropping out of school, Márquez knew that he could no longer be passive and slack, and that he had to do something meaningful in time to continuously improve himselfSo I started writing articles exposing the incorrect behavior. It was because of the popularity of the article that Márquez was forced to leave Colombia and become a reporter for a newspaper.
Later, the newspaper was also closed down for various reasons, and the desperate Márquez was stranded in Europe, and the pain of not being able to return home deeply stimulated Márquez, and his first work was born in this difficult environment.
The work is called "Dead Leaves", and as its name suggests, Márquez unfolds from the perspective of God, telling the story of how everyone in the town does things differently but has the right reasons, and expresses his or her own perspective on life by exposing human nature.
After the release of "Withered Branches and Leaves", it was too obscure and did not receive a lot of attention, and it was not until Marquez became famous for other works that people paid attention to this excellent ** work.
It's a pity that the release of "Withered Leaves" did not make Márquez's fame, and once buried him in the dust, fortunately for his wifeMercedesof salvation.
Although Marquez had a love history before he got married, he had fallen in love and dated countless girls, which once made people think that Marquez was a "big radish" with a flower heartBut there is only one person he loves the most, and that is Mercedes
When Márquez was 9 years old, he attended a gala party, in which the beautiful Mercedes attracted everyone's attention, including Márquez. In this way, Márquez fell into unrequited love, and he fell deeply in love with this girl whom he had never met.
When Mercedes was 13 years old, Márquez plucked up the courage to confess to Mercedes that he hoped she could be his wife for life. But Mercedes decisively rejected Márquez's confession, because he was too young at the time, how could he casually hand over his life to someone who didn't seem very reliable.
But unable to resist Marquez's confessions again and again, Mercedes was finally moved by Marquez and accepted Marquez's confession.
In 1958, they finally entered the palace of marriage after loving each other for many years, and Mercedes redeemed Marquez again and again after getting married.
Because Márquez's work didn't make much splash at the beginning, Márquez was under a lot of mental pressure and locked himself in his room all day to create.
Everything in the house fell to Mercedes, who not only did not complain, but also played the role of the hostess, keeping things in order and often soothing Márquez's emotions.
When Márquez gained little from writing, Mercedes took the initiative to use his dowry to support the family. If it weren't for Mercedes, Márquez would have been on the streets.
The emperor paid off, and Márquez's efforts finally paid off, with the release of a series of works such as "Bad Hours" and "The Funeral of Aunt Grande", so that Márquez finally became well-known from an unknown writer, and his works were widely circulated in the hands of people who love to read.
However, it was the one that really made Márquez famous all over the world, published in 1965"One Hundred Years of Solitude".。As a detailed version of "Dead Leaves", Márquez imagines a wonderful world in the book, imagining a combination of folk tradition and fantastic fantasy, while expressing the theme of "loneliness".
At that time, there was almost no one who didn't see it, and the sentence "All the splendor in life will be repaid by loneliness, before loneliness may be confused, after loneliness may be growth", until now there are still generations of young people who are fierce.
One Hundred Years of Solitude was a unique masterpiece in the mouths of famous writers at the time, and it was a beacon that guided the direction of ordinary people's lives. It is precisely because of the truth contained in it that people can empathize with it so much, and the work was quickly translated into various languages and spread to various countries.
Márquez not only earned countless manuscript fees through this book, but also won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982 for One Hundred Years of Solitude, gained a firm foothold in the literary world, and has stood even more since then.
Marquez's family finally no longer had to live a hungry and full life, and after the high manuscript fee, Márquez devoted himself to writing, and he did not forget his original intention in Vanity Fair.
When Colombia was the first to happen, and he had become a literary giant, he did not dislike the dilapidated state of his homelandAfter becoming famous, he returned to his homeland, bringing honor to Colombia and building his homeland with his own modest strength.
"Love in the Time of Cholera" is affectionately known as the love of the older generation, "The Decline of the Family" is used to criticize the ending that the ** will eventually face, and "The Adventures of Liding Lizhi" has been flopped into a movie by later generations.
Since the release of "One Hundred Years of Solitude", Márquez has reached the pinnacle of his life step by step, leaving behind many popular works. Today, "One Hundred Years of Solitude" is still popular, and young people in every country love itAccording to incomplete statistics, this work is well known to have been translated into 48 languages.
But what you may not expect is that this work has a gap of 20 years in China, and Marquez said that he would not hand over the copyright of "One Hundred Years of Solitude" to China within 150 years, what is going on?
One day in 1990, Márquez was invited by Japan to visit Japan. Now that they've all come to Asia, how can they not go to China to see the bustling cities of Beijing and Shanghai?
China also threw an "olive branch" to Márquez, hoping that Marquez can come to China for a visit, after all, such a great writer is really hard to find. So Márquez took Carmen with him to China.
China attaches great importance to Márquez's arrival, and sent Qian Zhongshu, one of the top writers in China at that time, and some well-known writers to greet him and lead Márquez to experience China's development together.
Márquez was very happy at the beginning, the excellent traditional Chinese culture made him feel the charm from the East, and the hospitable Chinese brought him the warmth of home.
But as he walked into a bookstore, he completely changed his mind. "One Hundred Years of Solitude", which he was proud of in the bookstore, turned out to be a pirated book, which made Márquez angry.
Until all the bookstores, there was still not a single genuine book, and Márquez felt that he was not respected, and his attitude towards Chinese was simply different.
"For 150 years after my death, I didn't license my works in China, especially One Hundred Years of Solitude."。After saying this angrily to the crowd, Márquez brushed his sleeves away, which made everyone really overwhelmed.
I thought that what Márquez said at the time was just some angry words, and before anyone could ask what happened, Márquez had already returned to his hometown.
Márquez did exactly what he said, and since then he has not given China the publishing rights to his objects, so that "One Hundred Years of Solitude" has not appeared again for the next ten years.
But is the large number of pirated books in China really disrespectful to Márquez?
In fact, when "One Hundred Years of Solitude" was released, it attracted international attention, and Chinese people who love books like life are naturally no exception, and they all want to be the first to read "One Hundred Years of Solitude".
However, at that time, it was not authorized by Marquez, and some merchants could not resist the opportunity and wanted to make a lot of money through this opportunity, so a large number of pirated books circulated in the market to meet people's needs.
People saw the book in this way, but the quality of the pirated book was extremely poor, and even some of the content was not quite the same as the original text, and the crude quality and poor quality really affected the perception, which is why Marquez was angry.
However, with the development of time, China has also learned the importance of intellectual property rights and began to work hard in this regard. Under the leadership of Comrade ***After the reform and opening up, the development of the intellectual property system was really promoted, and it was not until 1990 that China had the first system on intellectual property rights.
After 1990, more than 100 Chinese publishers wanted to obtain the copyright of "One Hundred Years of Solitude", and all the information thrown out was lost in the sea.
Nine years later, Márquez was rushed to the hospital with physical pain, and the doctor told him that he had lymphoma and had to undergo it**, so he had to stop writing, which he loved. Because of the torture of illness, after two years, Márquez completely closed his pen and stopped creating anything.
The torture of illness made Márquez no longer obsessed with copyright, but regarded all connections in the world as less important, and learned to "forgive" and "considerate". So in '08, when his Chinese fans wrote a letter for him, he decided on the spot to take back the words that he didn't give to China.
In 2010, all of Márquez's copyrights were handed over to China, and a world-renowned work was finally published in China, which is why we can now see all of Márquez's works and add luster to his life.
In 2014, Márquez passed away in Mexico at the age of 87, and his wife left with Márquez six years later, just at the age of 87.
The world feels extremely sorry for the departure of a generation of literary giants, although the body has passed away, but the spirit shown in the works will always remain in everyone's hearts, like a fire that will never be extinguished.
Behind Márquez's success is not only the support of talent, but also the countless nights that stay up until the early hours of the morning, but also the helpless struggle, the great man always has to suffer a lot of setbacks, and also warns us to face difficulties when we encounter them, and never be a halfway person.
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