Nobel laureate novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez has died; he was 87.
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto: 'In name of Mexico, I express my sadness at the death of one of the greatest writers of our times: Gabriel García Márquez. With his work, García Márquez made Latin American Magical Realism universal, leaving a mark on the culture of our time' -
http://www.breakingnews.com/topic/novelist-gabriel-garcia-marquez-dies/
Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo throughout Latin America. Considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century, he was awarded the 1972 Neustadt International Prize for Literature and the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature.
He was best known for his novels, such as One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967), Autumn of the Patriarch (1975) and Love in the Time of Cholera (1985).
His works have achieved significant critical acclaim and widespread commercial success, most notably for popularizing a literary style labeled as magic realism, which uses magical elements and events in otherwise ordinary and realistic situations.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Garcia_Marquez
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changed my life.
r.i.p.
I love it. I always encourage others to read it.
I have forwarded it on.
part of my growth - a great man has died