Peruvian Nobel Prize Winner Mario Vargas Llosa Dies at 89
Peru's Nobel Literature Prize laureate Mario Vargas Llosa speaks during a ceremony in his honor at the presidential palace in Lima, Peru, Wednesday Dec. 15, 2010. Vargas Llosa was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in November in recognition of his more than 30 novels, plays and essays, including "Conversation in the Cathedral" and "The Green House." (AP Photo/Karel Navarro)
Mario Vargas Llosa, the Peruvian winner of the Nobel Prize of Literature who was famous for writing novels like The Feast of the Goat and Conversation in the Cathedral has died. His kids Alvaro, Gonzalo and Morgana broke the news on social media on Sunday night (April 13) in a press release. He was 89.
“His passing will sadden his relatives, his friends, and his readers, but we hope they will find solace, as we did, in the fact that he lived a long, varied, and fruitful life, and leaves behind a body of work that will outlive him. We will proceed in the coming hours and days in accordance with his instructions,” the statement read. “No public ceremony will take place. Our mother, our children, and us trust we will have the space and privacy to say goodbye to him with family and close friends. His remains, as was his wish, will be cremated,” the statement read in Spanish.
Vargas Llosa was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2010. He was widely regarded as one of the most important writers in contemporary literature in any language. He was a novelist, essayist, and academic. He also was known for writing articles.
He started writing when he was 23 with a book of short stories, but wrote mostly novels during his long career. The City and the Dogs, Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, and The Time of the Hero are some of his most famous works. In October 2023 he published his last novel, I Dedicate My Silence to Him.
