You got mail: letters sent to Garcia Marquez to be exhibited in Mexico City


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A letter from film director Woody Allen is displayed during an exhibition at the home of Garcia Marquez in Mexico City. Photo: AP

While reviewing the photo archives left by Nobel Prize-winning Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, one of his granddaughters came across a mysterious plastic box with the word “grandchildren” written on its label.

At first, Emilia Garcia Elizondo was afraid to open the box but curiosity overcame her. Inside were 150 unpublished letters that he received from Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, former US President Bill Clinton, Cuban President Fidel Castro and actor Robert Redford, among others.

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