Quotes by Mario Vargas Llosa

About Mario Vargas Llosa:


Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquis of Vargas Llosa is a Peruvian writer, politician, journalist, essayist, college professor, and recipient of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature. Vargas Llosa is one of Latin America's most significant novelists and essayists, and one of the leading writers of his generation. Some critics consider him to have had a larger international impact and worldwide audience than any other writer of the Latin American Boom. Upon announcing the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy said it had been given to Vargas Llosa "for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat".

Author Bio


  • NameMario Vargas Llosa
  • DescriptionPeruvian writer, politician, journalist, and essayist
  • BornMarch 28, 1936
  • CountrySpain; Peru
  • ProfessionNovelist; Dramaturge; Columnist; Politician; Journalist; Essayist; Literary Critic; Writer
  • AwardsNobel Prize In Literature; Miguel De Cervantes Prize; Maria Moors Cabot Prizes; Prix Mondial Cino Del Duca; Prince Of Asturia Literary Prize