Gabriel García Márques.

Ganador del Premio Nobel Gabriel Garcia Márquez muere a los 87 años D.F., México (17 abril, 2014): Una fuente cercana a la familia a confirmado que Gabriel Garcia Márquez ha fallecido. Tenía 87 años. El realismo mágico en las novelas y cuentos de Garcia Márquez impactaron a millones de lectores, y resaltó la pasión de Latino America. Considerado el escritor más popular desde Miguel de Cervantes del siglo 17, Garcia Márquez alcanzó la celebridad literaria que se comparan a Mark Twain y Charles Dickens. Su novela Cien años de soledad vendió más de 50 millones de copias en 25 idiomas.

Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Márquez Dies at 87 MEXICO CITY (April 17, 2014, Associated Press): A person close to the family has confirmed reports that that Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez has died. He was 87. Garcia Marquez's magical realist novels and short stories exposed tens of millions of readers to Latin America's passion, superstition, violence and inequality. Widely considered the most popular Spanish-language writer since Miguel de Cervantes in the 17th century, Garcia Marquez achieved literary celebrity that spawned comparisons to Mark Twain and Charles Dickens. His flamboyant and melancholy works outsold everything published in Spanish except the Bible. The epic 1967 novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude sold more than 50 million copies in more than 25 languages.