Friday, December 21, 2012

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, one of the great writers and among my top novelists. I first read his novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude", it was so enthralling and well-written I felt that my imagination was on fire!
After reading the English translation of that novel, I even bought the Spanish-language original "Cien AƱos de Soledad". His other novels, books of short stories and prose are very interesting to read.

Colombian writer, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, there's a new book about him as a journalist. Please read the news report below...

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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A lesser-known side of Colombian novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez is celebrated and analyzed in a new book that comes on the 30th anniversary of his being awarded the Nobel literature prize.

It’s called “Gabo, periodista,” the 85-year-old author’s nickname and the Spanish-language word for journalist. It will initially be published in his native language in Colombia and in Mexico, where the writer lives.

The 512-page volume includes reportage by Garcia Marquez and commentary from such well-known journalists as Jon Lee Anderson and Alma Guillermoprieto.

The author of “One Hundred Years of Solitude” was presented a copy last week at his Mexico City home.
Published in part by the Colombia-based journalism institute that Garcia Marquez founded, the book was being launched Tuesday at the Guadalajara International Book Fair.