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Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquess of Vargas Llosa (born 28 March 1936), more commonly known as Mario Vargas Llosa (/ ˌ v ɑːr ɡ ə s ˈ j oʊ s ə /, Spanish: [ˈmaɾjo ˈβaɾɣas ˈʎosa]), is a Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist and former politician. Vargas Llosa is one of Latin America's most significant novelists and ...
Apr 12, 2024 · Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian Spanish writer whose commitment to social change is evident in his plays, novels, and essays. In 1990 he was an unsuccessful candidate for president of Peru. Vargas Llosa was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2010. Learn more about his life and work.
Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa ( Arequipa, 28 de marzo de 1936), conocido como Mario Vargas Llosa, i marqués de Vargas Llosa, es un escritor peruano que cuenta también con la nacionalidad española desde 1993 y la dominicana desde junio de 2023. 1 Considerado uno de los más importantes novelistas y ensayistas contemporáneos, sus obras han cosec...
Biographical. English. Spanish. Mario Vargas Llosa was born in 1936 in Arequipa, Peru’s second largest city. During his childhood in Cochabamba, Bolivia, and Piura, a city in the north of Peru, he believed that his father had died. However, this was a lie told by his mother to conceal their tortuous separation.
Mar 28, 2012 · Mario Vargas Llosa. The Nobel Prize in Literature 2010. Born: 28 March 1936, Arequipa, Peru. Prize motivation: “for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat”. Prize share: 1/1.
Feb 20, 2018 · Mario Vargas Llosa isn’t a household name among American readers. But at 81, he remains a literary and political colossus across the Spanish-speaking world, and his novels have never felt...
Oct 8, 2010 · Oct. 7, 2010. The Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, whose deeply political work vividly examines the perils of power and corruption in Latin America, won the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature...
Nov 23, 2021 · Mario Vargas Llosa and the Age of the Strongman. His novel “Harsh Times” examines power and conspiracy at a crucial point in Latin American history. Edel Rodriguez. Share full article. By...
Mario Vargas Llosa delivered his Nobel Lecture, 7 December 2010, at the Swedish Academy, Stockholm. He was introduced by Peter Englund, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy. The lecture was delivered in Spanish.
Nov 29, 2021 · At 85-years-old, the Nobel-Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa is one of Latin America's most significant writers. The Peruvian, who rose to international prominence in the 1960s, has a new book...
