New hostel inspired by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
A Dutchman opened a new hostel in Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s hometown of Aracataca, inspired by the magical realism of his works, reported newspaper El Tiempo. Tim Aan’t Goor…
A Dutchman opened a new hostel in Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s hometown of Aracataca, inspired by the magical realism of his works, reported newspaper El Tiempo. Tim Aan’t Goor…
A “Macondo Route” has been launched in the north of Colombia to tour the sites of the classic novel One Hundred Years of Solitude by 1982 Nobel Prize winner Gabriel…
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombia’s best-known writer, will release a book of his speeches on October 29 in Spain and Latin America, called “Yo no vengo a decir un discurso” (“I…
A Venezuelan production company will film a 26-episode television series on the childhood of Colombian Nobel Prize-winning writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The series, to be titled “The Teacher and the…
Colombia’s most famous novelist, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, sent a letter of support and solidarity to new President Juan Manuel Santos and predicted a time of prosperity in their country, reports…
Colombian President-elect Juan Manuel Santos met with president of the World Bank Robert Zoellick in Mexico City Thursday, to discuss such issues as fighting poverty, economic growth, and Colombia’s ability to compete…
In 2007, Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez traveled by train to his home town Aracataca, the inspiration for Macondo in “One Hundred Years of Solitude,” to commemorate the 40th anniversary…
Cartagena, on Colombia’s Caribbean northern coast, will play host to the world-famous Hay-on-Wye literary festival. Speakers include Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, the British Booker Prize-winning novelist Ian McEwan and…
The renovated house of Gabriel Garcia Marquez is due to open in February but bears little resemblance to his original birthplace, claim frustrated visitors and town residents. At a first…