Vargas Llosa

[ vahr-guhs yoh-suh; Spanish vahr-gahs yaw-sah ]

noun

1. Ma·ri·o [mahr, -ee-oh, mar, ‐, mah, -ryaw], born 1936, Peruvian essayist and novelist.

Vargas Llosa

/ ˈbarɣas ˈʎosa /

noun

1. Vargas Llosa(Jorge) Mario1936MPeruvianWRITING: novelistWRITING: writerPOLITICS: politician ( Jorge ) Mario ( Pedro ) born 1936, Peruvian novelist, writer, and political figure. His novels include The City and the Dogs (1963), Conversation in the Cathedral (1969), The Storyteller (1990), and The Notebok of Don Rigoberto (1998). In 1990 he stood unsuccessfully for the presidency of Peru. He won the Nobel Prize in literature 2010

Example Sentences

Against all odds, Fujimori won with a 60% majority and soon adopted many of the shock economic measures that he had disparaged Vargas Llosa for advocating.

From Los Angeles Times

Leftist presidents in Brazil, Mexico and Spain have voiced their support of Massa, while Peruvian Nobel Prize-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa and right-wing former leaders from Chile and Colombia have backed Milei.

From Reuters

Through two volumes and more than 100 characters, Vargas Llosa contemplates the sinister military men who have held power in this country.

From New York Times

The Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, a onetime friend and eternal literary rival, sucker punched him for sticking his nose — and maybe something else — into Vargas Llosa’s crumbling marriage.

From New York Times

In 1969, with a military dictatorship in power, Nobel Prize-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa posed this now iconic question to start his novel “Conversations in the Cathedral”: “At what precise moment did Peru screw itself?”

From Seattle Times