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Also Known As Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa
Born March 28, 1936 • Arequipa • Peru
Died April 13, 2025 (aged 89) • Lima • Peru
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (2010) • Cervantes Prize (1994)
Notable Works “Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter” • “Captain Pantoja and the Special Service” • “Conversation in the Cathedral” • “I Give You My Silence” • “The Green House” • “The Time of the Hero” • “The War of the End of the World”

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Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa smiling, shown in a close-up portrait with gray hair, wearing a suit and tie.
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