Vargas Llosa

American

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

noun

Mario born 1936, Peruvian essayist and novelist.

Vargas Llosa British

/ ˈbarɣas ˈʎosa /

noun

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Peruvian novelist with more than 50 titles to his name, Vargas Llosa won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2010.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025

In 1990, Vargas Llosa ran for the Peruvian presidency as a centre-right candidate, but lost to Alberto Fujimori.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025

Most important, Tawantinsuyu “managed to eradicate hunger,” the Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa noted.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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