Mario Vargas Llosa, who has died aged 89, was the last of a golden generation of Latin American novelists, a Nobel Laureate, and very nearly the president of his native Peru. The novels that made his ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate and a giant of Latin American letters, died Sunday. He was 89. He was a prolific author and essayist with such ...

In his book “Letters to a Young Novelist” (2002), the Peruvian novelist and one-time presidential candidate Mario Vargas Llosa defined fiction writers as “dissident[s] from reality.” Vargas Llosa, who ...

The journalist from Le Monde rose, and asked the newest Nobel laureate a question. In French. Most of the room hissed at him. "You can answer in French or English," the journalist suggested to the ...

In seven incisive essays, novelist and Peruvian political aspirant Vargas Llosa reflects on literature and history, the crucial role of fiction in human society and the link between totalitarianism ...

STOCKHOLM — Peruvian Mario Vargas Llosa, one of the most acclaimed writers in the Spanish-speaking world, a man of letters who also braved the violence and political divisions of his homeland to run ...

Mario Vargas Llosa, the Peruvian-Spanish Nobel Prize-winning author whose work focused on the evils of totalitarianism and who once ran for president, has died at age 89, according to his family. “It ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The writer Mario Vargas Llosa, a leading figure of the so-called ‘Boom’ ...

Mario Vargas Llosa and Isabel Preysler, who is Enrique Iglesias' mom, have been happily dating for more than a year. And it looks like the Nobel Prize wants to take it to the next level. Speaking to ...

As journalists continue to sift through the the massive leak of material about offshore accounts from a Panamanian law firm that have come to be referred to as the "Panama Papers," an increasing ...

The title of Mario Vargas Llosa’s new novel, “The Discreet Hero,” seems guaranteed to validate the verdict of the Nobel Prize committee, who awarded Vargas Llosa the Nobel Prize in 2010 “for his ...

He was author of such celebrated novels as 'The Time of the Hero' (La Ciudad y los Perros) and 'Feast of the Goat.' By The Associated Press Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature ...