passage: ( CNN ) -- Gabriel García Márquez , widely regarded as one of the most important contemporary Latin American authors , was admitted to a hospital in Mexico earlier this week , according to the Ministry of Health .
  The Nobel Prize recipient , known as " Gabo , " had infections in his lungs and his urinary tract .
  He was suffering from dehydration , the ministry said .
  García Márquez , 87 , is responding well to antibiotics , but his release date is still to be determined .
  " I wish him a speedy recovery . "
  Mexican President Enrique Peña wrote on Twitter .
  García Márquez was born in the northern Colombian town of Aracataca , the inspiration for the fictional town of Macondo , the setting of the 1967 novel " One Hundred Years of Solitude . "
  He won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1982 " for his novels and short stories , in which the fantastic and the realistic are combined in a richly composed world of imagination , reflecting a continent 's life and conflicts , " according to the Nobel Prize website .
  García Márquez has spent many years in Mexico and has a huge following there .
  Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said his country is thinking of the author .
  " All of Colombia wishes a speedy recovery to the greatest of all time : Gabriel García Márquez , " he tweeted .
  CNN en Español 's Fidel Gutierrez contributed to this story .
query_and_answer: Who won the Nobel Prize for his literature in 1982 ? || Enrique Pena
evidences: The Nobel Prize recipient , known as " Gabo , " had infections in his lungs and his urinary tract . García Márquez was born in the northern Colombian town of Aracataca , the inspiration for the fictional town of Macondo , the setting of the 1967 novel " One Hundred Years of Solitude . " He won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1982 " for his novels and short stories , in which the fantastic and the realistic are combined in a richly composed world of imagination , reflecting a continent 's life and conflicts , " according to the Nobel Prize website .