The remains of Columbian writer, Nobel Prize Winner in the scope of literature Gabriel Garcia Marquez will be buried in the monastery of colonial times in Cartagena city.
As it is reported, the ceremony is to happen in December.
In Cartagena, Marquez had been spending most of his life coming there firstly in 1948 so as to become a journalist in a local newspaper. This verily city is depicted in the plot of one of the first novels of the writer – «Love in the Time of Cholera».
Gabriel Garcia Marquez died on the 17-th of April, 2014 in Mexico in the age of 86 years. In Columbia the three-day mourning was announced then.
On May 16, 1763 in one of the bookstores in London, well-known literary critic, author of the landmark Dictionary of the English Language Samuel Johnson and James Boswell met. As a result one the greatest biographies ever written was born, and the world got another holiday - International Biographer's Day.
According to the information provided by Guardian on the 6-th of December, the famous singer Lady Gaga visited the centre in New York where LGBT-youth reside who do not have a permanent accommodation.
As it is reported by the edition France24, at the auction in Paris the most famous gun in the story of French literature has been sold. The poet Paul Verlain tried to shot his love partner using the stated weapon directing to bullet to another famous literature activist Arthur Rimbaud.
On the 7-th of December in international mass media the information appeared claiming that Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez sent the manuscripts of his own books to the approval of Fidel Castro.
The Patriarch of Rome arranged a meeting with the scientist Stephen Hawking in Papal Academy of science located in Vatican. It is reported by Radio Vaticana.
In the title of the most long-ruling monarch 90-year-old governess replaced the king of Thailand Bhumibol Adulyadej, 89, who died on the 13-th of October. He came to the throne in 1946. The reason of death has not been implicated yet.
Mark David Chapman who was 35 years ago convicted because of the murder of the leader of ‘The Beatles’ band John Lennon was not able to convince the profile commission in his deserving the early parole.
on the 21-st of August, the creator of the famous American band Backstreet Boys died. For now the reason of his death has not been defined yet. The edition Los Angeles Times reports about that.
The remains of Columbian laureate of Nobel Prize for literature Gabriel Garcia Marquez were buried in the repository of University of Cartagena. They had been moved from Mexico where the writer died two years ago at the age of 87.
The house where the parts of acts from the first part of movie about a little magician Harry Potter started shooting will be opened for the public for the first time.
Scientists from Queen Mary University of London identified the personality of street artist who hides under the nickname Banksy, as The Independent writes.
The founders reported that, gradually, after fifteen years of planning, this spring the museum of Charlie Chaplin is to be opened. The opening date is the 17-th of April.
In Southern Dacota (USA) for the travelers the construction similar to the house of hobbit Bilbo Baggins has been built. As The Daily Mail reports, night at the apartments situated on the tree in five meters over the ground will cost 675 dollars.
