Mario Vargas Llosa

Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquess of Vargas Llosa, more commonly known as Mario Vargas Llosa, was a Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist, and politician. Vargas Llosa was one of the Spanish language and Latin America's most significant 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.Like many Latin American writers, Vargas Llosa was politically active. While he initially supported the Cuban revolutionary government of Fidel Castro, Vargas Llosa later became disenchanted with its policies, particularly after the imprisonment of Cuban poet Heberto Padilla in 1971, and later identified as a liberal and held anti-left-wing ideas. He ran for the presidency of Peru in 1990 with the center-right Frente Democrático coalition, advocating for liberal reforms, but lost the election to Alberto Fujimori in a landslide.Vargas Llosa continued his literary career while advocating for right-wing activists and candidates internationally following his exit from direct participation in Peruvian politics. He was awarded the 1994 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the 1995 Jerusalem Prize, the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature, the 2012 Carlos Fuentes International Prize, and the 2018 Pablo Neruda Order of Artistic and Cultural Merit. In 2011, Vargas Llosa was made the Marquess of Vargas Llosa by Spanish king Juan Carlos I. In 2021, he was elected to the Académie française.
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter

Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter

Mario Vargas Llosa

Bukkefesten

Bukkefesten

Mario Vargas Llosa

Conversation in the Cathedral

Conversation in the Cathedral

Mario Vargas Llosa

Crocevia

Mario Vargas Llosa

Death in the Andes

Death in the Andes

Mario Vargas Llosa

El Paraíso en la otra esquina

El Paraíso en la otra esquina

Mario Vargas Llosa

Harsh Times

Harsh Times

Mario Vargas Llosa

Het feest van de bok

Het feest van de bok

Mario Vargas Llosa

Ik draag mijn stilte op aan jou

Mario Vargas Llosa

In Praise of the Stepmother

In Praise of the Stepmother

Mario Vargas Llosa

La ciudad y los perros

La ciudad y los perros

Mario Vargas Llosa

La Fête au bouc

La Fête au bouc

Mario Vargas Llosa

La guerra del fin del mundo

La guerra del fin del mundo

Mario Vargas Llosa

La libertà selvaggia. Diario dall'Iraq

Mario Vargas Llosa

La tentación de lo imposible

La tentación de lo imposible

Mario Vargas Llosa

Letters to a Young Novelist

Letters to a Young Novelist

Mario Vargas Llosa

Los cachorros

Los cachorros

Mario Vargas Llosa

Los jefes / Los cachorros

Los jefes / Los cachorros

Mario Vargas Llosa

The Bad Girl

The Bad Girl

Mario Vargas Llosa

The Cubs and Other Stories

Mario Vargas Llosa

The Feast of the Goat

The Feast of the Goat

Mario Vargas Llosa

The Green House

The Green House

Mario Vargas Llosa

The Storyteller

The Storyteller

Mario Vargas Llosa

The Time of the Hero

The Time of the Hero

Mario Vargas Llosa

The War of the End of the World

The War of the End of the World

Mario Vargas Llosa

Tiempos recios

Tiempos recios

Mario Vargas Llosa

Travessuras da Menina Má

Travessuras da Menina Má

Mario Vargas Llosa

Travesuras de la niña mala

Travesuras de la niña mala

Mario Vargas Llosa

Who Killed Palomino Molero?

Mario Vargas Llosa

رسائل إلى روائي شاب

رسائل إلى روائي شاب

Mario Vargas Llosa