Vargas Llosa

American  

[vahr-guhs yoh-suh, vahr-gahs yaw-sah] / ˈvɑr gəs ˈyoʊ sə, ˈvɑr gɑs ˈyɔ sɑ /

noun

1. Mario born 1936, Peruvian essayist and novelist.

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Vargas Llosa British  

/ ˈbarɣas ˈʎosa /

noun

1. ( Jorge ) Mario ( Pedro ) born 1936, Peruvian novelist, writer, and political figure. His novels include The City and the Dogs (1963), Conversation in the Cathedral (1969), The Storyteller (1990), and The Notebok of Don Rigoberto (1998). In 1990 he stood unsuccessfully for the presidency of Peru. He won the Nobel Prize in literature 2010

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Example Sentences

In Peruvian literature he is considered second only to Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa, who died last year.

From BBC

The final novel from Mario Vargas Llosa, Allegra Goodman’s family saga, a case of canine possession and more.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, who died in 2025, was a prolific storyteller.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Al‑Hol camp will now be practically empty,” Vargas Llosa said on social media.

From The Wall Street Journal

Vargas Llosa intersperses the story with nimbly delivered informational chapters explaining the history and influences of the Peruvian vals, or waltz, which synthesizes European and indigenous musical styles.

From The Wall Street Journal