President Shimon Peres mourned on Friday the death of Colombian novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who died on Thursday at the age of 87. 'The world has become a poorer place with the passing of the great dreamer who told such beautiful stories to our children and unveiled to us, the grown-ups, the real truth of the world,' Peres said of Nobel Laureate whom he had met in Colombia. Peres noted Garcia Marquez as having advocated for Israeli-Palestinian peace. 'As long as your land is split, my heart is broken and I pray every day for your peace,' Garcia Marquez had told the president.
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