Mario Vargas Llosa

Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquess of Vargas Llosa (March 28, 1936 – April 13, 2025), was a Peruvian writer, politician, journalist and essayist. Winner of the Nobel prize for literature, he was one of the most renown writers of modern times. He has written many books, plays and essays.  A few famous books are listed below:
 The City and the Dogs (1965)
 The Green House (1965)
 Conversation in the Cathedral (1969)
 Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter (1977)
 The War of the End of the World (1981)
 The Feast of the Goat (2000)

He received the Nobel Prize in Literature on December 10, 2010. His book The Dream of the Celt is about the life of Irishman Roger Casement.  Though it was published in Spanish 2010, the translation into English is still incomplete.

Vargas Llosa died on April 13, 2025 in Lima, Peru at the age of 89.

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