Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate, dies at 89
Apr 13, 2025, 6:21 PM
FILE - Writer Mario Vargas Llosa speaks to reporters in New York, Oct. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
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(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
LIMA, Peru (AP) 鈥� Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate and a giant of Latin American letters for many decades, has died, his son said Sunday. He was 89.
鈥淚t is with deep sorrow that we annouce that our father, Mario Vargas Llosa, passed away peacefully in Lima today, surrounded by his family,鈥� read a letter signed by his children 脕lvaro, Gonzalo and Morgana, and posted by 脕lvaro on X.
The letter says that his remains will be cremated and that there won鈥檛 be any public ceremony.
鈥淗is 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,鈥� they added.
He was author of such celebrated novels as 鈥淭he Time of the Hero鈥� (La Ciudad y los Perros) and 鈥淔east of the Goat.鈥�
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.
