The Colombian author is in stable condition , the family says . He is convalescing at his home in Macondo . The Nobel Prize recipient , known as `` Gabo , '' was born in the northern Colombian town of Aracataca , the inspiration for the fictional town of Macondo , the setting of the 1967 novel `` One Hundred Years of Solitude . '' Gabriel Garcia Marquez , this month , was hospitalized 87 for an infection .
The Colombian author is in stable condition , the family says . He is convalescing at his home in Macondo . Gabriel Garcia Marquez , this month , was hospitalized 87 for an infection .