Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa was born in Arequipa, Peru, on March 28, 1936, the son of Ernesto Vargas Maldonado, a radio operator for an aviation company, and Dora Llosa Ureta.

Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, who enchanted readers with his intellectual rigor and lyrical prose for five decades and came close to being president of his country, died Sunday at 89. He ...

LIMA, Peru (AFP) — Peruvian writer and Nobel literature laureate Mario Vargas Llosa died on Sunday at the age of 89, his family announced, ending the era of Latin America's literary golden generation.

Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa was born March 28, 1936, in Peru’s southern city of Arequipa, high in the Andes at the foot of the Misti volcano. His father, Ernesto Vargas Maldonado, left the ...

Writer Mario Vargas Llosa speaks at a rally in Lima, Peru, on Aug. 21, 1987, to a crowd of more than 50,000 people.

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 ...

Mario Vargas Llosa, one of Latin American literature’s modern greats, died April 13 in Lima, Peru. He was 89. He died surrounded by his family and “at peace,” his children Álvaro, Gonzalo ...

Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa was born March 28, 1936, in Peru’s southern city of Arequipa, high in the Andes at the foot of the Misti volcano. His father, Ernesto Vargas Maldonado, left the ...

Peru's Nobel Literature Prize laureate Mario Vargas Llosa rearranges his hat during ceremonies for his conferment of the degree of Doctor of Literature, Honoris Causa, at the De La Salle ...

Peruvian writer and Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Mario Vargas Llosa died on Sunday at the age of 89, his family announced, ending the era of Latin America’s literary golden generation. “It is ...

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… ...