Mario Vargas Llosa

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Mario Vargas Llosa

Mario Vargas Llosa in 2010 Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa Born March 28, 1936 (age 77) Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru Nationality Peruvian Citizenship Peruvian and Spanish[1] National University of San Marcos Alma mater Complutense University of Madrid Literary Latin American boom movement Nobel Prize in Literature 2010 Notable award(s) Order of the Aztec Eagle 2011
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Julia Urquidi (19551964) Patricia Llosa (1965present) lvaro Vargas Llosa Gonzalo Vargas Llosa Morgana Vargas Llosa

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Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquis of Vargas Llosa (Spanish: [majo aas osa]; born March 28, 1936) is a Peruvian-Spanish writer, politician, journalist, essayist, and recipient of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature.[3] Born in Peru, Vargas Llosa is one of 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 larger international impact and worldwide audience than any other writer of the Latin American Boom.[4] Upon announcing the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy said it had been given to Vargas Llosa "for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat".[5] Vargas Llosa rose to fame in the 1960s with novels such as The Time of the Hero (La ciudad y los perros, literally The City and the Dogs, 1963/1966[6]), The Green House (La casa verde, 1965/1968), and the monumental Conversation in the Cathedral (Conversacin en la catedral, 1969/1975). He writes prolifically across an array of literary genres, including literary criticism and journalism. His novels include comedies, murder mysteries, historical novels, and political thrillers. Several, such as Captain Pantoja and the Special Service (1973/1978) and Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter (1977/1982), have been adapted as feature films. Many of Vargas Llosa's works are influenced by the writer's perception of Peruvian society and his own experiences as a native Peruvian. Increasingly, however, he has expanded his range, and tackled themes that arise from other parts of the world. In his essays, Vargas Llosa has made many criticisms of nationalism in different parts of the world, among others in Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia.[7] Another change over the course of his career has been a shift from a style and approach associated with literary modernism, to a sometimes playful postmodernism. Like many Latin American writers, Vargas Llosa has been politically active throughout his career; over the course of his life, he has gradually moved from the political left towards liberalism or neoliberalism, a definitively more conservative political position. While he initially supported the Cuban revolutionary government of Fidel Castro, Vargas Llosa later became disenchanted with the policies of the Cuban President. He ran for the Peruvian presidency in 1990 with the center-right Frente Democrtico (FREDEMO) coalition, advocating neoliberal reforms, but lost the election to Alberto Fujimori. He is the person who, in 1990, "coined the phrase that circled the globe",[8] declaring on Mexican television, "Mexico is the perfect dictatorship", a statement which became an adage during the following decade.

Contents

1 Early life and family 2 Writing career o 2.1 Beginning and first major works o 2.2 1970s and the "discovery of humor" o 2.3 Later novels 3 Later life and political involvement

4 Style of writing o 4.1 Plot, setting, and major themes o 4.2 Modernism and postmodernism o 4.3 Interlacing dialogues o 4.4 Literary influences 5 Impact 6 Awards and honors 7 Selected works o 7.1 Fiction o 7.2 Non-fiction o 7.3 Drama 8 Notes 9 References 10 External links