Gabriel Garcia Marquez Memorial Held In Mexico; Editor Reveals Marquez Left Behind Unpublished Manuscript
Last Thursday marked the death of one of Latin America's greatest literary giants, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, also famously referred to as "Gabo" by his fans.
Although news of his death has devastated the Latin community, his legacy and impact continue to live on.
On Monday night, Marquez's memorial took place inside of the Mexican capital's grand Bellas Artes Palace. President of the Republic of Columbia, Juan Manuel Santos and President of Mexico, Enrique Pena Nieto both gave their eulogies inside in honor of the literary legend.
"He will live on in his books and writings. But more than anything he will live forever in the hopes of humanity," Santos said. "Eternal glory to the man who has given us glory."
The Guardian reports that Márquez's widow, Mercedes Barcha, watched the ceremony from the front row surrounded by the couple's two sons and grandchildren, graciously acknowledging the tributes that included comparisons to writers ranging from Cervantes to Dickens to Tolstoy without visible signs of losing her composure at the departure of her partner since 1958.
At the end of the ceremony, yellow butterflies were thrown in the air in honor of Marquez's favorite color and the butterflies that trail one of the characters in Marquez's famous book "One Hundred Years of Solitude."
As fans and loved ones continue to mourn the loss of Marquez, news of an unpublished manuscript that the author reportedly left behind have just recently surfaced.
According to Fox News and Marquez's editor, his family is still deciding whether to allow the book to come out posthumously, or which publishing house would get the rights.
The tentative title for Marquez's unpublished manuscipt is "We'll See Each Other in August," ("En Agosto Nos Vemos").
Marquez reportedly wrote the manuscript around the time he was finishing up his last novel, "Memories of my Meloncholy Whores."
Although Marquez publicly stated in 2005 that he would no longer write anymore, perhaps the manuscript can be published as a symbol and reminder of how great Gabriel Garcia Marquez truly was.
May he rest in peace.