Nobel winner Garcia Marquez dies 87
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="Gabriel">Gabriel</span> <span word="Garcia">Garcia</span> <span word="Marquez">Marquez</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Colombian">Colombian</span> <span word="author">author</span> <span word="whose">whose</span> <span word="beguiling">beguiling</span> <span word="stories">stories</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="love">love</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="longing">longing</span> <span word="brought">brought</span> <span word="Latin">Latin</span> <span word="America">America</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="millions">millions</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="readers">readers</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="put">put</span> <span word="magical">magical</span> <span word="realism">realism</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="literary">literary</span> <span word="map">map</span>, <span word="died">died</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="was">was</span> 87.</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="prolific">prolific</span> <span word="writer">writer</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="started">started</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="newspaper">newspaper</span> <span word="reporter">reporter</span>, <span word="Garcia">Garcia</span> <span word="Marquez">Marquez</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="masterpiece">masterpiece</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="One">One</span> <span word="Hundred">Hundred</span> <span word="Years">Years</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Solitude">Solitude</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="dream">dream</span>-<span word="like">like</span>, <span word="dynastic">dynastic</span> <span word="epic">epic</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="helped">helped</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="win">win</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Nobel">Nobel</span> <span word="Prize">Prize</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Literature">Literature</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1982.</p><p><span word="Garcia">Garcia</span> <span word="Marquez">Marquez</span> <span word="died">died</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Mexico">Mexico</span> <span word="City">City</span>, <span word="where">where</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="returned">returned</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="hospital">hospital</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="week">week</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bout">bout</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="pneumonia">pneumonia</span>.</p><p><span word="Known">Known</span> <span word="affectionately">affectionately</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="friends">friends</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="fans">fans</span> <span word="as">as</span> "<span word="Gabo">Gabo</span>", <span word="Garcia">Garcia</span> <span word="Marquez">Marquez</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="Latin">Latin</span> <span word="America">America</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="bestknown">bestknown</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="beloved">beloved</span> <span word="author">author</span>. <span word="His">His</span> <span word="books">books</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="sold">sold</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tens">tens</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="millions">millions</span>.</p><p><span word="Although">Although</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="produced">produced</span> <span word="stories">stories</span>, <span word="essays">essays</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="several">several</span> <span word="short">short</span> <span word="novels">novels</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="Leaf">Leaf</span> <span word="Storm">Storm</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="No">No</span> <span word="One">One</span> <span word="Writes">Writes</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Colonel">Colonel</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="career">career</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="struggled">struggled</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="voice">voice</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="novelist">novelist</span>.</p><p><span word="He">He</span> <span word="then">then</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="dramatic">dramatic</span> <span word="fashion">fashion</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="One">One</span> <span word="Hundred">Hundred</span> <span word="Years">Years</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Solitude">Solitude</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="instant">instant</span> <span word="success">success</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="publication">publication</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1967. <span word="Mexican">Mexican</span> <span word="author">author</span> <span word="Carlos">Carlos</span> <span word="Fuentes">Fuentes</span> <span word="dubbed">dubbed</span> <span word="it">it</span> "<span word="Latin">Latin</span> <span word="America">America</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Don">Don</span> <span word="Quixote">Quixote</span>" <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Chilean">Chilean</span> <span word="poet">poet</span> <span word="Pablo">Pablo</span> <span word="Neruda">Neruda</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="compared">compared</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Miguel">Miguel</span> <span word="de">de</span> <span word="Cervantes">Cervantes</span>' 17<span word="th">th</span> <span word="century">century</span> <span word="tour">tour</span> <span word="de">de</span> <span word="force">force</span>.</p><p><span word="Garcia">Garcia</span> <span word="Marquez">Marquez</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="novel">novel</span> <span word="tells">tells</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="story">story</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="seven">seven</span> <span word="generations">generations</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Buendia">Buendia</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fictional">fictional</span> <span word="village">village</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Macondo">Macondo</span>, <span word="based">based</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="languid">languid</span> <span word="town">town</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Aracataca">Aracataca</span> <span word="close">close</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Colombia">Colombia</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Caribbean">Caribbean</span> <span word="coast">coast</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="Garcia">Garcia</span> <span word="Marquez">Marquez</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="born">born</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="March">March</span> 6, 1927, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="raised">raised</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="maternal">maternal</span> <span word="grandparents">grandparents</span>.</p>
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