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Garcia Marquez, magic realist writer, dies, 87

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Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the Nobel-winning Colombian author who used magical realism to tell epic stories of love, family and dictatorship in Latin America, died April 17 at the age of 87.

Known affectionately as "Gabo," the author of One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera was one of the world's most popular Latin American novelists and the godfather of a literary movement that witnessed a continent in turmoil.

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos declared three days of national mourning. (AP)

ガブリエル・ガルシア・マルケス氏、死去

『百年の孤独』で知られる南米コロンビア出身のノーベル賞作家、ガブリエル・ガルシア・マルケス氏が４月17日、メキシコの自宅で死去した。87歳だった。

The Japan Times ST: May 2, 2014