TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez died on Thursday at a hospital in Mexico City. His death was confirmed by his cousin, Margarita Marquez. He was 87.
Time wrote Marquez died of infection in his lungs and urinary tract, causing him to be hospitalized since March.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, known as 'Gabo', was known for his 1967 novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude" and 1985 book "Love in the Time of Cholera", which has been sold more than 30 million copies and inspired the 2001 movie "Serendipity" and the finale of the TV series "How I Met Your Mother."
Gabo won a the Nobel Prize in 1982 in literature for his novels and short stories. He was the first Colombian and the fourth Latin American to receive the prize. He is widely credited in introducing a new literature genre which is magical realism, which combines fantasy and reality in a world of imagination.
He was sometimes called the most significant Spanish-language author since Miguel de Cervantes. He started his career as journalist and never gave up journalism. "I've always been convinced that my true profession is that of a journalist," he told The Paris Review.
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