We have lost a literary luminary today, April 17, 2014. Colombian Magic Realist writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez died at his home in Mexico City at the age of 87. He had recently been in the hospital for infections, but had been suffering from Alzheimer's for a long while. Considered by many to be one of the most important authors ever, his novel 100 YEARS OF SOLITUDE appears on my list of "Important Books That Have Influenced Me" to the right, on this page. His was an extraordinary talent and the world is a better place for it.
R.I.P. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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