Mario Vargas Llosa
Author of The Feast of the Goat
About the Author
Mario Vargas Llosa was born in Arequipa, Peru on March 28, 1936. He studied literature and law at the National University of San Marcos and received a Ph.D from the University of Madrid in 1959. He is a writer, politician, and journalist. His works vary in genre from literary criticism and show more journalism to comedies, murder mysteries, historical novels, and political thrillers. His books include The Time of the Hero, The Green House, Conversation in the Cathedral, Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, The Feast of the Goat, and The War of the End of the World. He has received numerous awards including the Rómulo Gallegos International Novel Prize, the Premio Leopoldo Alas in 1959, the Premio Biblioteca Breve in 1962, the Premio Planeta in 1993, the Miguel de Cervantes Prize in 1994, the Jerusalem Prize in 1995, and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2010. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Disambiguation Notice:
Surname is Vargas Llosa, not Llosa
Image credit: Mario Vargas Llosa at the 2012 National Book Festival By Slowking4 - Own work, GFDL 1.2, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21582334
Series
Works by Mario Vargas Llosa
Un bárbaro en París: Textos sobre la cultura francesa / A Barbarian in Paris. Wr itings about French Culture (Spanish… (2023) 12 copies
Obra reunida/ Compiled Theatrical Works: Teatro (Biblioteca Mario Vargas Llosa) (Spanish Edition) (2001) 10 copies
Sueño y realidad de América Latina : discurso de Mario Vargas Llosa al recibir el doctorado Honoris Causa por la… (2009) 9 copies
9 asedios a García Márquez — Author — 7 copies
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter | Dora, Doralina | One Hundred Years of Solitude | One Day of Life (1984) 4 copies
Diario de viaje : recorrido de Mario Vargas Llosa por el Congo e Irlanda tras las huellas de Roger Casement ; El sueño… (2010) 4 copies
Le dedico mi silencio (Hispánica) 4 copies
Las guerras de este mundo : sociedad, poder y ficción en la obra de Mario Vargas Llosa (2008) 3 copies
ELOGIO DE LA MADASTRA 3 copies
緑の家(上) (岩波文庫) 2 copies
The Dream of the Celt, Notebook 1 2 copies
La orgía perpetua 2 copies
El fuego de la imaginación: Libros, escenarios, pantallas y museos. Obra periodística. 1 (2023) 2 copies
Vientos, Los 2 copies
Mirame, Lima 2 copies
The Visitor 2 copies
El arte de la novela 2 copies
The Culture That Was 2 copies
The Challenge [short story] 2 copies
Ansprachen aus Anlaß der Verleihung des Friedenspreises des Deutschen Buchhandels 1996. Text teils in deutsch und… (1996) 2 copies
Premios Planeta 1993-1994 2 copies
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter | Death in the Andes | The Notebooks of Don Rigoberto (2003) 2 copies
Narrativa Completa VI 1 copy
La ciudad y los perros, Historia de Mayta (Narrativa completa i, coleccion Summa literaria 1) 1 copy
Narrativa Completa II 1 copy
El Heroe Discreto (a Discreet Hero)[SPA-HEROE DISCRETO (A DISCREET][Spanish Edition][Paperback] (2013) 1 copy
Narrativa Completa III 1 copy
En torno a la poesía 1 copy
El elogio de la madrastra 1 copy
Premios Planeta 1993-1994 1 copy
heroe discreto 1 copy
YUZBASI VE KADINLAR TABURU 1 copy
緑の家(下) (岩波文庫) 1 copy
1997 1 copy
Nov 21 1 copy
Los Þcachorros 1 copy
pantaleon 1 copy
hablador 1 copy
5 esquinas 1 copy
madrastra 1 copy
travesuras 1 copy
Lof van de stiefmoeder 1 copy
Temps sauvages 1 copy
Le dedico mi silencio 1 copy
JEFES, LOS 1 copy
Le dedico mi silencio 1 copy
Le dedico mi silencio 1 copy
Les vents 1 copy
Narrativa Completa I 1 copy
The Grandfather 1 copy
The Chiefs [short story] 1 copy
The Younger Brother 1 copy
Candaules, King of Lydia 1 copy
Entretien avec Mario Vargas Llosa ; suivi de, Ma parente d'Arequipa : nouvelle inédite / ouvrage… (2003) 1 copy
Un mundo sin novelas 1 copy
Obras Completas 25 Tomos 1 copy
حفلة التيس 1 copy
තරුණ නවකතාකරුවෙකු වෙත 1 copy
විසේකාරි 1 copy
නිර්නාමික ඝාතකයා 1 copy
ජූලියා නැන්දා සහ තිර රචකයා 1 copy
Um Brasil 1 copy
VAJZA E PRAPE 1 copy
Războiul sfârşitului lumii 1 copy
LA CIUDAD DE LOS PERROS 1 copy
os cachorros, os chefes 1 copy
Tempos Duros 1 copy
El árbol del espíritu 1 copy
NARRATIVA COMPLETA - TOMO 1 1 copy
Artículos 1 copy
1987 1 copy
NARRATIVA COMPLETA - TOMO II 1 copy
Contra Viento y Marea 1 copy
El llamado del abismo 1 copy
El sombrío fulgor 1 copy
My Intellectual Journey 1 copy
Ediciones Definitivas 1 copy
Entre la libertad y el miedo 1 copy
La novela 1 copy
Botero : dibujos y acuarelas 1 copy
Associated Works
A Thousand Forests in One Acorn: An Anthology of Spanish-Language Fiction (2014) — Contributor — 42 copies
Introducción a la literatura hispanoamericana : de la conquista al siglo XX (1997) — Contributor — 20 copies
And We Came Outside and Saw the Stars Again: Writers from Around the World on the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020) — Contributor — 12 copies
Het continent van de eenzaamheid reportages en beschouwingen over Latijns-Amerika (1992) — Contributor — 6 copies
Nueva Novela Latinoamericana 1 — Contributor — 5 copies
La lengua y la palabra : trescientos años de la Real Academia Española : [Biblioteca Nacional de… (1999) — Contributor — 2 copies
Lecciones y maestros: II Cita internacional de la literatura en español — Contributor — 1 copy
Victor Hugo en el Perú — Contributor — 1 copy
Audio Libro: Cortazár, Borges, Vargas LLosa, Allan Poe — Contributor — 1 copy
Conferencias presidenciales de Humanidades — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Vargas Llosa, Mario
- Legal name
- Vargas Llosa, Jorge Mario Pedro
- Other names
- Vargas Llosa, Jorge Mario Pedro, 1st Marquis of Vargas Llosa
- Birthdate
- 1936-03-28
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Spain (passport)
Peru (birth) - Country (for map)
- Peru
- Birthplace
- Arequipa, Peru
- Places of residence
- Arequipa, Peru
Lima, Peru
England
USA
Madrid, Spain
Cochabamba, Bolivia - Education
- National University of San Marcos
Complutense University of Madrid - Occupations
- novelist
politician
journalist
essayist - Relationships
- Vargas Llosa, Álvaro (son)
Llosa, Luis (cousin) - Organizations
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Foreign Honorary, Literature, 1986)
- Awards and honors
- Biblioteca Breve (1962)
Premio Príncipe de Asturias (1986)
T. S. Eliot Award (1991)
Premio Miguel de Cervantes (1994)
Jerusalem Prize (1995)
Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels (1996) (show all 11)
PEN/Nabokov Award (2002)
Irving Kristol Award (2005)
Ovid Prize (2005)
Man Booker International Prize Finalist (2009)
Nobel Prize in Literature (2010) - Disambiguation notice
- Surname is Vargas Llosa, not Llosa
Members
Discussions
Group Read, March 2017: The Feast of the Goat in 1001 Books to read before you die (April 2017)
Vargas Llosa: The war at the end of the world in Folio Society Devotees (November 2012)
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter in Author Theme Reads (February 2012)
The Bad Girl in Author Theme Reads (September 2011)
The Feast of the Goat in Author Theme Reads (September 2011)
MVL: In Praise of the Stepmother/Notebooks of Don Rigoberto in Author Theme Reads (July 2011)
The War at the End of the World in Author Theme Reads (June 2011)
MVL: The Time of the Hero/La Ciudad y Los Perros in Author Theme Reads (March 2011)
The Way to Paradise in Author Theme Reads (February 2011)
Conversación en la catedral (Conversation in the Cathedral) in Author Theme Reads (February 2011)
MVL: Who Killed Palomino Molero? in Author Theme Reads (January 2011)
Understanding Mario Vargas Llosa in Author Theme Reads (January 2011)
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Statistics
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