scriptwriter
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His book Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, based on his first marriage, was adapted in 1990 into a Hollywood feature film, Tune in Tomorrow.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2025
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, by Caridad Svich, based on the novel by Mario Vargas Llosa.
From Washington Post • May 4, 2021
Scriptwriter Solomon never ended up seeing the film, but is quaintly protective of it.
From The Guardian • Mar. 21, 2018
Filmgoers may know his name through "Tune in Tomorrow," an English-language adaptation of Vargas Llosa's "Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter" that starred Peter Falk, Keanu Reeves and Barbara Hershey.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 7, 2010
Peru's Mario Vargas Llosa, author of last year's deceptively lighthearted autobiography-as-novel, Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, began a versatile career as a brooding realist.
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