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| Garcia Marquez leaves hospital, in ‘delicate’ state Posted: 08 Apr 2014 06:40 PM PDT The 87-year-old Colombian writer, who has lived in the Mexican capital for more than three decades, arrived in an ambulance as a throng of journalists waited outside his home, which was guarded by police. Garcia Marquez overcame a lung infection after "quite severe pneumonic symptoms", Health Minister Mercedes Juan told Radio Formula. The treatment had to be "very special due to the writer's age", she said, adding that he will receive oxygen therapy at home to prevent a new infection. An oxygen tank was delivered to his home along with a medical bed and yellow roses, his favorite colour. When the ambulance arrived, his assistants held up bed sheets to prevent journalists from filming or taking pictures of Garcia Marquez. "His condition is delicate due to his age. He will recover at home," Jaqueline Pineda, spokeswoman of the National Medical Sciences and Nutrition Institute, told reporters outside the hospital. Garcia Marquez was hospitalized on March 31 and treated with antibiotics for lung and urinary tract infections. His hospitalisation was only made public four days later. At the time, his son, Gonzalo Garcia Barcha, said the family decided to take him to the hospital as a precaution and that it was not an emergency. Over the weekend, his son had said that Garcia Marquez was doing well and wanted to go home. The 1982 Nobel laureate is a pioneer of magical realism, writing epic stories of love, family and dictatorship in Latin America. His masterpiece "One Hundred Years of Solitude" has sold millions of copies and has been translated into 35 languages since it was first published in 1967. His other works include "Love in the Time of Cholera" and "Chronicle of a Death Foretold". His last published novel is "Memories of My Melancholy Whores" (2004). Known affectionately as "Gabo", Garcia Marquez has made fewer public appearances in recent years. His last public outing was on March 6, when he came out of his house to greet journalists who visited him for his birthday. The author smiled, accepted gifts and posed for photographs, but he did not speak to reporters. His brother Jaime said in July 2012 that his famous sibling was suffering from dementia. He lives in Mexico with his wife, Mercedes Barcha, mother of his two children. Garcia Marquez, who also worked as a journalist, had asked his assistant to convey a message to reporters during his hospitalisation last week: "Are you crazy? Why are you spending so much time out here? Go back to work." – AFP, April 9, 2014. |
| Hirst autobiography due from Morrissey publisher Posted: 08 Apr 2014 05:58 PM PDT Due in autumn 2015, Damien Hirst's autobiography is to reach back into the artist's early life in the industrial city of Leeds and his time as a student in London at prominent art institution Goldsmiths. Co-writer James Fox, who worked with Rolling Stones member Richards for the singer's best-selling 2010 memoir, told BBC Radio 4's April 8 "Today" programme that he found Hirst's history "completely fascinating". "He grew up in a pretty bad situation, with his mother, and he and his gang – many of whom became (Young British Artists) – spent half their time housebreaking, stealing, criminality, and the rest of their time indulging their passion for art, which started very early on in their years," Fox had said. That time at Goldsmiths also led to the "Freeze" exhibition, masterminded by Hirst, and attended by Charles Saatchi, who would go on to become an important advocate for the young man's work. Penguin previously published Morrissey's bestselling 2013 memoir, "Autobiography", under its Penguin Classics imprint, though literary subsidiary Viking is handling publication duties for Hirst's personal history. – AFP/Relaxnews, April 9, 2014. |
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