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Article: A national treasure; Colombia honors native son Garcia Marquez.(Books)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
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- March 25, 2007
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Byline: CHRIS KRAUL
After a career that included 11 novels, four collections of short stories and several compilations of journalism, Colombian novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez last year gave friends the disappointing news that he had "run out of gas" and was quitting writing. The author was diagnosed with lymphoma in 1999, and after treatment at the University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, he recently was pronounced free of the disease.
But now Garcia Marquez, who turned 80 on March 6, has told friends that he has begun writing his second volume of memoirs. The news arrives as an unexpected birthday present for Colombians, who are gearing up for a ...