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Mario Vargas Llosa
Writing major Latin American novels and winning the 2010 literature Nobel.
The Time of the Hero · Conversation in the Cathedral
- Born
- 28 March 1936
- Birthplace
- Arequipa, Peru
- Died
- 13 April 2025
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Mario Vargas Llosa
Mario Vargas Llosa was a Peruvian novelist whose work examined power, institutions and personal freedom.
Early life
School years
Attended a military academy that later informed his fiction.
Early work
Worked in journalism while developing as a writer.
Career
- 1960s
Literary breakthrough
Became part of the Latin American literary boom.
- 1970s–1980s
Major novels
Expanded his historical and political fiction.
- Later career
Public intellectual
Combined literature, journalism and political commentary.
Selected books
The Time of the Hero
Examined violence and hierarchy in a military school.
Conversation in the Cathedral
Explored life under dictatorship.
The Feast of the Goat
Revisited the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic.
Beyond work
Politics
Ran for Peru’s presidency in 1990.
Languages and travel
Lived for extended periods in Europe as well as Latin America.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Nobel Prize: biography ↗Photo: Bernard Gotfryd. Public domain · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
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