گیبریل گارشیا مارکیز6 مارچ 1927ء کولمبیا ، میں پیدا ہوئے۔وہ لاطینی امریکہ کے ناول نگار ، صحافی اور مصنف تھے۔ گیبریئل مارکیز ہسپانوی زبان کے بہترین مصنفوں میں سے ایک تھے اور ان کا ناول ’ون ہنڈرڈ یئرز آف سولیچیوڈ‘ (تنہائی کے سو سال) دنیا بھر میں بہت معروف ہے۔ 1967ء میں شائع ہونے والے اس ناول کی تین کروڑ جلدیں فروخت ہو چکی ہیں۔ مارکیز کو 1982ء میں ادب کا نوبل انعام دیا گیا۔زیر نظر کتاب میں اسی عالم ادب کے اس عظیم ناول نگار اردو کے عام قاری کو متعارف کرایا گیا ہے۔اس کتاب کو تین بابوں میں تقسیم کیا گیا ہے ، پہلے باب میں ، مارکیز کی سوانح اور اس کی ندگی میں پیش آئے واقعات پر روشنی ڈالی گئی ہے۔دوسرے باب میں ،مارکیز کے فن اور اس کے دور مین لاطینی امریکن فکشن کے عمومی رجحانات سے بحث کی گئی ہے ، جبکہ تیسرے باب میں ، مارکیز کی افسانوی اور غیر افسانوئ یا صحافتی تحریروں کا جائزہ پیش کیا گیا ہے۔

Khalid Jawed is currently an associate professor in the Dept of Urdu, JMI. He joined Jamia Millia Islamia in February 2001 as an assistant professor. His area of specialization is literary criticism and modern fiction. He has written almost 50 research articles in different journals of great importance in India and abroad. He has written 8 books related to criticism and creative writing. Khalid Jawed, before joining JMI in 2001, has been teaching philosophy at UG and PG level in Bareilly College, Bareilly. He has a master's degree in philosophy too. Khalid Jawed's literary articles deal with literary criticism and its philosophical implications. The relation between philosophy and literature is the main focus of his research articles and presentations.

Khalid Jawed is also a renowned Urdu fiction writer. Three collections of short stories and one of them is published from Penguin India publication limited in 2007. His novels titled Maut ki Kitab and Nematkhana are highly acclaimed by well-known literary critics of the subcontinent. His short story named Aakhri Dawat (the last supper) has been included in the comparative literature course of the South Asian languages department of Princeton University, USA. His short story titled Koobar is included in the curriculum of BHU, Banaras in M.A Urdu course. Jadavpur University also included one of his stories in its curriculum of M.A in comparative literature. Khalid Jawed's short stories and his novel Maut Ki Kitab are translated into English, Hindi, and other regional languages. He has been awarded by Uttar Pradesh Urdu Academy for his novel Maut Ki Kitab. He is also a recipient of the Katha Award. Khalid Jawed frequently visits abroad to participate in International Conferences. He has participated in the world writer’s conference held at Virginia University, the USA in 2008 and the Karachi Literature Festival organized by Oxford and British Council in 2012.

MANU, Hyderabad has awarded M.Phil degrees in Urdu on his novel Maut ki Kitab and Aakhri Dawat(Short stories collection), and Central University, Hyderabad has awarded M.Phil in Urdu on his collection of short stories titled Bure Mausam Mein. Considerable research work is being done on Khalid Jawed's creative writings in other universities, too.