The sibling of Gabriel Garcia Marquez says that the Colombian writer and victorious one of the 1982 Nobel Award for Literary works is experiencing dementia.
Jaime Garcia Marquez informed learners at a session in the town of Cartagena that his sibling, who is 85, mobile phones him regularly to ask concerns.
"He has issues with his storage. Sometimes I cry because I experience like I'm dropping him," he said.
He says the writer has ceased composing completely.
The BBC's Arturo Wallace in Colombia said there have been gossip about Mr Garcia Marquez' storage issues.
Jaime Garcia Marquez, his youthful sibling, is the first loved one to discuss openly about it.
Invited to discuss his connection with Gabo, as the writer is passionately known in Colombia, Jaime said he could not suppress from referring to his sickness any longer.
"He is doing well actually, but he has been experiencing dementia for years," he said. "He still has the comedy, joy and passion that he has always had."
The 1967 work of art of miracle realistic look, One Number of Decades of Isolation, starts with the tale of a household incapable to proper take care of their senile grandaddy.
"It is a condition that operates in the household," said Jaime Garcia Marquez.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez currently lifestyles in South america and has not made many community looks nowadays.
His stories consist of Really like in the Duration of Cholera, Explain of a Loss of life Foretold and the The Common in His Network.
He is best known for One Number of Decades of Isolation, which has available more than 30 thousand duplicates and been converted into more than 30 'languages'.
