Papers are invited for an anthology to be brought out by a reputed international publisher on the theme, “100 Years of Gabriel García Márquez.”
Concept
Note
Gabriel
García Márquez, born in Colombia in the year 1927, is acknowledged as one of
the most influential writers of the twentieth century. As we head towards his
birth centenary, it is time to look back at this literary giant, reassess his
contribution and its impact on literary history.
Márquez’s
writings resist easy categorization, blending the extraordinary with the
everyday to reveal deeper historical and emotional truths. His novels, short
stories, journalism, and non-fiction remain powerful commentaries on colonial
legacies, authoritarianism, violence, exile, and the fragile persistence of
hope. At a time when questions of historical erasure, political manipulation,
and narrative truth have assumed renewed urgency, Márquez’s work invites us to
reconsider the role of literature as witness, memory, and moral imagination.
Tentative
Sub-Themes
1.
Memory, Myth, and Storytelling Traditions
2. One
Hundred Years of Solitude: Time, History, and the Making of Macondo
3.
The Major Novels: Beyond Macondo
4.
Short Fiction and Journalism: Compression, Violence, and the Everyday
5.
Translation, Reception, and Global Afterlives
Submission
Guidelines: an abstract of 200–250 words along with 4-5 keywords, may be sent
with the complete paper (6000-8000 words) on one of the above themes in the
latest MLA format to minimelow@gmail.com along
with a short bio (100 words), by 15 July 2026.
This is a
project led by MELOW (The Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literatures
of the World), which has now completed almost three decades and has held
twenty-seven international conferences. For details, see the following links:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003036474708
https://melusmelow.blogspot.com/
Editorial
Board
Manju
Jaidka is the
Founder-President of MELOW and formerly Professor and Chairperson of the
Department of English, Panjab University, Chandigarh. She is the Chief Editor
of the Routledge Encyclopedia of Indian Writing in English (2024)
and the Encyclopedic Dictionary of Diasporic Indian English Writing (Springer,
2025). In addition to her extensive scholarly work, she is an established
creative writer.
Manpreet
Kaur Kang is
Professor at the School of Humanities & Social Sciences, GGS Indraprastha
University, Delhi, and serves as the Secretary of MELOW. She is the Editor
of MEJO: The MELOW Journal of World Literature, has guest-edited
issues of RIAS (a Scopus-listed journal), and has been the
long-time editor of Indraprasth, the GGSIPU journal. She
contributes regularly to international academic journals.
Roshan
Lal Sharma is
Senior Professor of English and Dean at the Central University of Himachal
Pradesh, Dharamshala. A former Fulbright Fellow, he is an accomplished
academician, critic, translator, and creative writer. He is the author of Walt
Whitman and Shorter Fiction of Raja Rao, has co-authored
and edited several anthologies, translated significant texts, and published
extensively in reputed journals.
