Colombia released in circulation banknotes with the image of the famous writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez. New banknotes of 50 thousand pesos (about $ 17) are painted in light red color.

Marquez is depicted on the banknote twice. Apart from the traditional portrait on the banknote there is also a picture of the writer, around which swirl butterfly. This is a reference to his novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude").

The solemn presentation of the banknotes held in the city of Santa Marta (it is the capital of the department, where he was born Marquez).

The Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982 - Marquez is considered one of the founders of magic realism. He died in 2014 at the age of 87 years and. It is reported by BBC.