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.

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 ...

The sometimes conflictive relationship between Mario Vargas Llosa and Peru is key to understanding the body of his literary work. After the news that the author received the Nobel Prize for Literature ...

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.

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.