GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ

Cuban President Raul Castro paid tribute to late Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez after the official ceremony of the signing of the Final Agreement for the Peace in Colombia»

Miguel Diaz-Canel recalled that the award-winning writer and journalist leaves a significant literary legacy and will be also remembered here for the close friendship with Fidel Castro.»

The historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, sent a wreath to the tribute held in Mexico to Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez, to whom he had a strong and lasting friendship.»

García Márquez had a special relation with the Caribbean nation, especially with Fidel Castro»

The remains of Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez will be incinerated in a private ceremony. It was such announced in a statement made by the relatives of the author who died this Thursday in the Mexican capital city. According to the statement, which was read before the media by Maria Cristina Garcia, director of the National Institute of Fine Arts, »

Gabriel García Márquez, famous Colombian journalist, novelist, short story writer, screenwriter and journalist has died at the age of 87. He is considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1982. He began his career as a journalist while studying law at the National University of Colombia. He has written »

Colombian, Mexican, Peruvian and Brazilian journalists were the winners of the 2013 Gabriel García Márquez International Journalism Award.»