Google is celebrating author Gabriel García Márquez's birthday with an elaborate Doodle.
The Colombian novelist, known as "Gabo", would have been 91 today.
He is remembered via Tuesday's Google Doodle that depicts a colourful Amazonian jungle and the magical city of Macondo, from One Hundred Years of Solitude.
Also featured in the Doodle are aspects from the book, such as the city of mirrors, mysterious gypsies and fish made of pure gold.
Once called the "the greatest Colombian who ever lived" the author defined the genre of magical realism, which paints a realistic view of the world while also adding fantastic elements.
He was born in Aracataca, Colombia On March 6, 1927, and spent more than a decade working in journalism before starting his career as a novelist.
García Márquez was awarded Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982.
He died in his home in Mexico in 2014.
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