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Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian author and Nobel literature laureate, dies at 89
NF Times
|Apr 16, 2025
Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate and a giant of Latin American letters for many decades, has died, his son said Sunday.
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He was 89."Itis with deep sorrow that we announce that our father, Mario Vargas Llosa, passed away peacefully in Lima today, surrounded by his family,” read a letter signed by his children Alvaro, Gonzalo and Morgana, and posted by Alvaro on X.
The letter says that his remains will be cremated and that there won't be any public ceremony.“His departure will sadden his relatives, his friends and his readers around the world, but we hope that they will find comfort, as we do, in the fact that he enjoyed a long, adventurous and fruitful life, and leaves behind him a body of work that will outlive him,” they added.
He was author of such celebrated novels as “The Time of the Hero” (La Ciudad y los Perros) and “Feast of the Goat.”
A prolific novelist and essayist and winner of myriad prizes, Vargas Llosa was awarded the Nobel in 2010 after being considered a contender for many years.
This story is from the Apr 16, 2025 edition of NF Times.
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