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Mario Vargas Llosa

Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa

Peruvian, Spanish and Dominican novelist and writer (1936–2025).

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Occupation

15 items
Novelist
Dramaturge
Politician
Journalist
Essayist
Literary Critic
Screenwriter
Reason for Deprecated Rank
:
Incorrect Value
University Teacher
Prose Writer
Playwright
Philosopher
Opinion Journalist
Writer
Film Director
 (1976 - 1976)
Start Time
: 1976
End Time
: 1976
Broadcaster

Place of Birth

Arequipa

Educated At

National University of San Marcos
 (1953 - 1958)
Academic Major
:
Law
Academic Major
:
Literary Studies
Start Time
: 1953
End Time
: 1958
Complutense University of Madrid
 (1958 - 1971)
Academic Degree
:
Doctorate
Doctoral Advisor
:
Alonso Zamora Vicente
Start Time
: 1958
End Time
: 1971
Leoncio Prado Military Academy
 (March 1950 - December 1951)
Start Time
: March 1950
End Time
: December 1951
Colegio La Salle
 (March 1947 - December 1949)
Start Time
: March 1947
End Time
: December 1949
Colegio San Miguel De Piura
 (March 1952 - December 1952)
Start Time
: March 1952
End Time
: December 1952

Native Language

Spanish

Child

Álvaro Vargas Llosa
Morgana Vargas Llosa
Gonzalo Vargas Llosa

Date of Birth

3/28/1936

Employer

Princeton University
King's College London
 (1969 - 1970)
Start Time
: 1969
End Time
: 1970
La Crónica
 (1952 - 1952)
Start Time
: 1952
End Time
: 1952
La Industria
 (4/1/1952 - December 1952)
Start Time
: 4/1/1952
End Time
: December 1952
Autonomous University of Barcelona
Harvard University
 (1992 - 1992)
Start Time
: 1992
End Time
: 1992

Member Of

Royal Spanish Academy
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Brazilian Academy of Letters
Mont Pelerin Society
Peruvian Academy of Language
 (1977 - 2025)
Start Time
: 1977
End Time
: 2025
Inter-American Dialogue
Académie Française
 (11/25/2021)
Replaces
:
Michel Serres
Start Time
: 11/25/2021
Point in Time
: 11/25/2021

Work Location

Madrid
Paris
Lima
London
Cambridge
Barcelona

Influenced By

William Faulkner
Gustave Flaubert
Isaiah Berlin
Karl Popper
Friedrich Hayek
Jean-Paul Sartre

Spouse

Julia Urquidi Illanes
 (1955 - 1964)
Series Ordinal
:1
End Cause
:
Divorce
Start Time
: 1955
End Time
: 1964
Patricia Llosa Urquidi
 (1965 - 2015)
Series Ordinal
:2
Start Time
: 1965
End Time
: 2015
Number of Children
: 3

Birth Name

Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa

Official Website

http://www.mvargasllosa.com/
https://www.catedravargasllosa.org/

Commons Gallery

Mario Vargas Llosa

Religion or Worldview

Agnosticism

Unmarried Partner

María Isabel Preysler Arrastia
 (2015 - 2022)
Start Time
: 2015
End Time
: 2022

Significant Event

Panama Papers
 (2016)
Point in Time
: 2016
Pandora Papers
 (2021)
Point in Time
: 2021

Family Name

Vargas

Notable Work

The Time of the Hero
The Green House
Conversation in The Cathedral

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

Spanish
French
English

Residence

Arequipa
Cochabamba
 (1937 - 1945)
Start Time
: 1937
End Time
: 1945
Piura
 (1945 - 1947)
Start Time
: 1945
End Time
: 1947
Lima
Paris
Madrid
Barcelona
 (1970 - 1974)
Start Time
: 1970
End Time
: 1974

Represented By

Carmen Balcells
 (1966 - 2025)
Start Time
: 1966
End Time
: 2025

Sex or Gender

Male

Participant In

Manifiesto "Libres E Iguales"
Q67392091
Democracy without Anger (Democracia Sin Ira)

Described by Source

Obálky Knih
URL
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Name in Native Language

Mario Vargas Llosa

Member of Political Party

Liberty Movement
 (1987 - 1993)
Start Time
: 1987
End Time
: 1993
People's Liberty
 (2023 - 2025)
Start Time
: 2023
End Time
: 2025

Start of Work Period

1959

Writing Language

Spanish

Position Held

Chairman of PEN International
 (1977 - 1979)
Replaces
:
V. S. Pritchett
Replaced By
:
Per Wästberg
Start Time
: 1977
End Time
: 1979
Seat 18 of the Académie Française
 (11/25/2021 - 4/13/2025)
Replaces
:
Michel Serres
Series Ordinal
:17
Start Time
: 11/25/2021
End Time
: 4/13/2025
Member of the Royal Spanish Academy
 (3/15/1996 - 4/13/2025)
Replaces
:
Xoán Rof Carballo
Represents
:
L/L
Represents
:
Uppercase Letter
Start Time
: 3/15/1996
End Time
: 4/13/2025

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Field of Work

Literature
Creative and Professional Writing

Father

Ernesto Vargas Maldonado

Mother

Dora Llosa Ureta

Doctoral Advisor

Alonso Zamora Vicente

Instance Of

Human

Academic Thesis

García Márquez: Historia De Un Deicidio
 (1971)
Point in Time
: 1971

Candidacy in Election

1990 Peruvian General Election

Noble Title

Marquisate of Vargas Llosa
 (2/3/2011 - 4/13/2025)
Start Time
: 2/3/2011
End Time
: 4/13/2025

Student Of

Luis Jaime Cisneros
Raúl Porras Barrenechea
Isaac Humala

Date of Death

4/13/2025

Place of Death

Lima

List of Works

Mario Vargas Llosa Bibliography

End of Work Period

2025

Image

Given Name

Jorge
Series Ordinal
:1
Mario
Series Ordinal
:2
Reason for Preferred Rank
:
Usual Forename
Pedro
Series Ordinal
:3

Country of Citizenship

Peru
 (3/28/1936 - )
Start Time
: 3/28/1936
Spain
 (1993 - )
Start Time
: 1993
Dominican Republic
 (5/31/2023 - )
Has Cause
:
Decree
Start Time
: 5/31/2023

Award Received

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Nobel Prize in Literature
 (2010)
Award Rationale
: for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat
Award Rationale
: för hans kartläggning av maktens strukturer och knivskarpa bilder av individens motstånd, revolt och nederlag
Point in Time
: 2010
Prize Money
: 10,000,000 Swedish krona
Rómulo Gallegos Prize
 (1967)
For Work
:
The Green House
Point in Time
: 1967
Princess of Asturias Literary Prize
 (1986)
Point in Time
: 1986
Grinzane Cavour Prize
 (1986)
For Work
:
The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta
Point in Time
: 1986
Premio Planeta De Novela
 (1993)
For Work
:
Death in the Andes
Point in Time
: 1993
Honorary Doctor of the University of Rennes 2
 (1994)
Point in Time
: 1994
Miguel De Cervantes Prize
 (1994)
Point in Time
: 1994
Jerusalem Prize
 (1995)
Point in Time
: 1995
Peace Prize of the German Publishers' And Booksellers' Association
 (1996)
Unnamed
:bug: P823
Point in Time
: 1996
Mariano De Cavia' Price
 (1997)
Point in Time
: 1997
Menéndez Pelayo International Prize
 (1999)
Point in Time
: 1999
Ortega Y Gasset Awards
 (1999)
Point in Time
: 1999
Grand Cross, Special Class of the Order of the Sun of Peru
 (2001)
Point in Time
: 2001
Irving Kristol Award
 (2005)
Point in Time
: 2005
Honorary Doctor of the Humboldt University of Berlin
 (10/13/2005)
Point in Time
: 10/13/2005
Maria Moors Cabot Prizes
 (2006)
Point in Time
: 2006
Honorary Doctor of the University of Alicante
 (2008)
Point in Time
: 2008
Prix Mondial Cino Del Duca
 (2008)
Follows
:
Mona Ozouf
Followed By
:
Milan Kundera
Point in Time
: 2008
Carlos Fuentes International Prize for Literary Creation in the Spanish Language
 (2012)
Point in Time
: 2012
Library of Congress Living Legend
 (4/11/2016)
Point in Time
: 4/11/2016
Knight of the Legion of Honour
 (1985)
Point in Time
: 1985
Commandeur Des Arts Et Des Lettres‎
 (2/19/1993)
Point in Time
: 2/19/1993
Order of Christopher Columbus
Orden De La Independencia Cultural Rubén Darío
 (2006)
Point in Time
: 2006
Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
Commander of the Order of the Aztec Eagle
 (2011)
Point in Time
: 2011
Caonabo De Oro Award
 (2002)
Point in Time
: 2002
Freedom Prize
 (2008)
Conferred By
:
Friedrich Naumann Foundation
Point in Time
: 2008
Honorary Doctorate of the National University of San Marcos
 (2001)
Point in Time
: 2001
Honorary Doctorate of the University of Valladolid
 (1995)
Point in Time
: 1995
Gold Medal of the Community of Madrid
 (2015)
Point in Time
: 2015
Honorary Doctorate of the Bordeaux Montaigne University
 (11/13/2009)
Point in Time
: 11/13/2009
Honorary Doctorate of the University of Granada
 (2009)
Point in Time
: 2009
Viareggio-Versilia International Prize
 (2010)
Point in Time
: 2010
Honorary Doctorate of the University of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria
 (2012)
Point in Time
: 2012
Honorary Doctorate of the University of Murcia
 (1995)
Point in Time
: 1995
Premio Biblioteca Breve
 (1962)
For Work
:
The Time of the Hero
Point in Time
: 1962
Castilian Narrative Critic Award
 (1964)
For Work
:
The Time of the Hero
Point in Time
: 1964
Prix Formentor
 (1967)
Point in Time
: 1967
Castilian Narrative Critic Award
 (1967)
For Work
:
The Green House
Point in Time
: 1967
National Culture Award
 (1967)
For Work
:
The Green House
Point in Time
: 1967
Officer of Arts and Letters
 (1987)
Point in Time
: 1987
Scanno Prize
 (1989)
For Work
:
The Storyteller
Point in Time
: 1989
Q130553017
 (1995)
For Work
:
Death in the Andes
Unnamed
:bug: P393
Point in Time
: 1995
Honorary Doctor of the University of Pau
 (10/23/2001)
Point in Time
: 10/23/2001
Announcement Date
: 9/21/2001
Honorary Doctorate From University of French Polynesia
 (6/15/2001)
Point in Time
: 6/15/2001
Honorary Doctor of the Sorbonne Nouvelle University
 (2005)
Point in Time
: 2005
Honorary Doctorate of the University of Reims
 (9/19/2007)
Unnamed
:bug: P823
Point in Time
: 9/19/2007
Premio Ceppo Pistoia
 (2009)
Point in Time
: 2009
Q9052823
 (2010)
Point in Time
: 2010
Alfonso Reyes International Prize
 (2010)
Point in Time
: 2010
St. Louis Literary Award
 (2011)
Point in Time
: 2011
Q17651535
 (2013)
For Work
:
The Dream of the Celt
Point in Time
: 2013
Don Quijote Journalism Prize
 (2015)
Point in Time
: 2015
Honorary Doctorate of the University of Burgos
 (2016)
Point in Time
: 2016
Pablo Neruda Order of Artistic and Cultural Merit
 (2018)
Point in Time
: 2018
Honorary Doctor of the University of Miami
 (5/10/2018)
Point in Time
: 5/10/2018
Grand Cross of the Order of Boyacá
 (2019)
Point in Time
: 2019
Q130755846
 (2021)
Point in Time
: 2021
Honorary Doctorate From the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Order of Vasco Núñez De Balboa
Honorary Doctor of the University of Oxford
Orden Al Mérito Docente Y Cultural Gabriela Mistral
Honorary Doctor of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Honorary Doctor From the NOVA University Lisbon
Honorary Doctorate From the National Autonomous University of Mexico
National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism
 (1997)
Point in Time
: 1997
Q131905403
 (2010)
Point in Time
: 2010
Hayek Medal
 (2016)
Point in Time
: 2016
Q137542106
 (2021)
Point in Time
: 2021
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