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

LIMA, Peru — Mario Vargas Llosa became a writer out of love.

From Los Angeles Times

Mario Vargas Llosa, who has died at the age of 89 in his native Peru, was a towering figure in Latin American literature and culture who rarely shied away from controversy.

From BBC

Against all odds, Fujimori won with a 60% majority and soon adopted many of the shock economic measures that he had disparaged Vargas Llosa for advocating.

From Los Angeles Times

Leftist presidents in Brazil, Mexico and Spain have voiced their support of Massa, while Peruvian Nobel Prize-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa and right-wing former leaders from Chile and Colombia have backed Milei.

From Reuters

Through two volumes and more than 100 characters, Vargas Llosa contemplates the sinister military men who have held power in this country.

From New York Times