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 　　WASHINGTON, April 17 (Xinhua) -- The White House on Thursday mourned the death of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombia's Nobel- winning writer famed for his novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude¹. "

　　"With the passing of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the world has lost one of its greatest visionary writers -- and one of my favorites from the time I was young," spokesman Jay Carney said in a statement.

　　Offering his thoughts to Garcia Marquez's family and friends, Carney said he once met the novelist in Mexico and "cherishes to this day" an inscribed² copy of the famed novel presented by the 1992 Nobel laureate.

　　"As a proud Colombian, a representative and voice for the people of the Americas, and as a master of the 'magic realism' genre³, he has inspired so many others -- sometimes even to pick up the pen themselves," Carney added.

　　Garcia Marquez passed away on Thursday in his home in Mexico City at the age of 87. He was checked into a hospital on April 3 due to "dehydration⁴ and bronchial and urinary tract⁵ infections."

　　"One Hundred Years of Solitude," his masterpiece published in 1967, has been translated into 35 languages and sold more than 30 million copies.

1 solitude   

n. 孤独; 独居,荒僻之地,幽静的地方

参考例句：

• People need a chance to reflect on spiritual matters in solitude. 人们需要独处的机会来反思精神上的事情。
• They searched for a place where they could live in solitude. 他们寻找一个可以过隐居生活的地方。

2 inscribed   

v.写，刻( inscribe的过去式和过去分词 )；内接

参考例句：

• His name was inscribed on the trophy. 他的名字刻在奖杯上。
• The names of the dead were inscribed on the wall. 死者的名字被刻在墙上。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 genre   

n.(文学、艺术等的)类型，体裁，风格

参考例句：

• My favorite music genre is blues.我最喜欢的音乐种类是布鲁斯音乐。
• Superficially,this Shakespeare's work seems to fit into the same genre.从表面上看， 莎士比亚的这个剧本似乎属于同一类型。

4 dehydration   

n.脱水，干燥

参考例句：

• He died from severe dehydration.他死于严重脱水。
• The eyes are often retracted from dehydration.眼睛常因脱水而凹陷。

5 tract   

n.传单，小册子，大片(土地或森林)

参考例句：

• He owns a large tract of forest.他拥有一大片森林。
• He wrote a tract on this subject.他曾对此写了一篇短文。