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Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa (born March 28, 1936) is a Peruvian writer, politician, journalist and essayist. Vargas Llosa is considered one of Latin America's leading novelists and essayists, and one of the leading authors of his generation. He has continued to write prolifically, and is considered to have had a greater international impact and world-wide audience than any other writer of the Latin American Boom.[1][2]
Mario Vargas Llosa | |
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Born | (1936-03-28) March 28, 1936 (age 88) |
Nationality | Peruvian, Spanish |
Occupation(s) | Writer, journalist, essayist, politician |
Spouse(s) | Julia Urquidi (1955–1964) Patricia Llosa (1965–) |
Children | Álvaro Gonzalo Morgana |
Parent(s) | Ernesto Vargas Maldonado Dora Llosa Ureta |
Vargas Llosa rose to fame in the 1960s with novels such as The Time of the Hero, The Green House, and the monumental Conversation in the Cathedral. His novels span many literary genres, including comedy, murder mystery, history, and political thriller. Several, such as Captain Pantoja and the Special Service and Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, have been adapted as feature films (the latter as Tune in Tomorrow).
Most of Vargas Llosa's works are influenced by the writer's perception of Peruvian society combined with his personal experiences as native Peruvian. Vargas Llosa contributed to the creation of La Nueva Novela (The New Novel) in Latin America along other notable Latin American writers of the time such as Mario Benedetti, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Miguel Angel Asturias and João Guimarães Rosa.[3][4]
Like many Latin American authors, Vargas Llosa has been politically active throughout his career, and has gradually moved from the political left towards the right. While he initially supported the Cuban revolutionary government of Fidel Castro, Vargas Llosa later became disenchanted. He ran for the Peruvian presidency in 1990 as the center-right Frente Democrático (FREDEMO) coalition candidate, advocating neoliberal reforms. Subsequently, he has supported conservative-moderate candidates.