Gabriel García Márquez died on April 17, 2014 from lymphatic cancer at his home in Mexico City. He was 87.
In 1982, he received the Nobel Prize for Literature and was celebrated for his fictional works rooted in mythical Latin American landscapes. He is one of the masters of magic realism and was arguably the most popular Spanish-language writer since Cervantes.
Born in Colombia but residing in Mexico for more than 30 years, he is best known for his 1967 masterpiece One Hundred Years of Solitude and 1985's Love in the Time of Cholera, among other novels and short stories.
However, his influence is not confined to literature alone. The worlds and characters he created have also spawned musical works.
In a testament to his legacy, here are 9 other songs that were inspired by García Márquez's life and works.
7. Love and Other Demons by Peter Eötvös
Love and Other Demons is an opera in two acts with a libretto by the Hungarian author Kornél Hamvai. It is based on García Márquez’s novel Of Love and Other Demons. The plot follows the story of Maria, who is bitten by a rabid dog and must be exorcised from her demons.
