Mario Vargas Llosa
Also known as 1st Marquess of Vargas Llosa
Peruvian, Spanish and Dominican novelist and writer (1936–2025)
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Mario Vargas Llosa was a Peruvian novelist and writer who became one of the most important literary figures of the Spanish-speaking world, known for works that explored complex social and political themes in Latin America. His influential career spanned decades across Peru, Spain, and the Dominican Republic, making him a significant voice in modern literature until his death in 2025.
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Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquis of Vargas Llosa (born 28 March 1936), more commonly known as Mario Vargas Llosa, is a Peruvian writer, journalist, essayist, college professor, and a former politician, who also holds Spanish citizenship. Vargas Llosa is one of Latin America's most significant novelists and essayists, and one of the leading writers of his generation. Some critics…
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- Mario Vargas Llosa: la vida está hecha para traicionarse2025
- La última lidia — Él mismo2023
- The Padilla Affair — Self (archive footage)2023
- The Emma Bovary Trial — Self - Writer2021
- Hemingway — Himself – Writer2021
- Milá Vs Milá — Entrevistado2021
- Letters to Eloisa — Self2020
- A Philosopher in the Arena — Self2019
- El Quijote desde la platea — Self - Writer2019
- Mario y los perros — Self - Writer2019
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Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquess of Vargas Llosa (28 March 1936 – 13 April 2025) was a Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist, and politician. Vargas Llosa was one of the most significant Latin American novelists and essayists and one of the leading writers of his generation. Some critics consider him to have had a more substantial international impact and worldwide audience than any other writer of the Latin American Boom. In 2010, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature for "his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat".
Vargas Llosa rose to international fame in the 1960s with novels such as The Time of the Hero (La ciudad y los perros, 1963/1966), The Green House (La casa verde, 1965/1968), and the monumental Conversation in The Cathedral (Conversación en La Catedral, 1969/1975). He wrote prolifically across various literary genres, including literary criticism and journalism. His novels include comedies, murder mysteries, historical novels, and political thrillers. He won the 1967 Rómulo Gallegos Prize and the 1986 Prince of Asturias Award. Several of his works have been adopted as feature films, such as Captain Pantoja and the Special Service (1973/1978) and Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter (1977/1982). Vargas Llosa's perception of Peruvian society and his experiences as a native Peruvian influenced many of his works. Increasingly, he expanded his range and tackled themes from other parts of the world. In his essays, Vargas Llosa criticized nationalism in different parts of the world.
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1936 births2025 deaths20th-century essayists20th-century novelists20th-century Peruvian male writers21st-century essayists21st-century novelists21st-century Peruvian male writersAcademics of King's College LondonCandidates for President of PeruCommandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des LettresComplutense University of Madrid alumni