His books, even in translation, were magnificent.
Per the BBC:
Nobel prize-winning Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez has died in Mexico aged 87, a source close to the family has said.
Garcia Marquez was considered one of the greatest Spanish-language authors, best known for his masterpiece of magic realism, One Hundred Years of Solitude.
The 1967 novel sold more than 30m copies and he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982.
Garcia Marquez had been ill and had made few public appearances recently.
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Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
Gabriel Garcia Marquez has passed away, aged 87.
- 17/04/2014 09:44:23 PM
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I recognize the name, but have never read him. Still, it is always sad to lose a celebrated author. *NM*
- 18/04/2014 03:31:12 AM
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