Mario Vargas Llosa, a master of Latin American literature and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, passed away on the 13th (local time).
On the same day, Peru's Andina news agency and the local daily El Comercio reported that Mario Vargas Llosa died at the age of 89 in the Peruvian capital, Lima.
His son, Álvaro Vargas Llosa, posted on X (formerly Twitter) the same day, stating, "My esteemed father, a renowned novelist, passed away peacefully in front of his loved ones."
Born in Arequipa, Peru, in 1936, Mario Vargas Llosa is well known as a novelist who thrived in 20th-century Latin American literature. Considered one of the leading resistance writers in Latin America, he gained fame with works such as "The Time of the Hero," "The Feast of the Goat," and "The Green House."
He achieved literary success not only in novels but also in plays, critiques, and essays, winning the prestigious Miguel de Cervantes Prize in 1995 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2010.
Additionally, Mario Vargas Llosa was known for his active participation in politics. In his youth, he supported the Cuban communist revolution but later voiced support for liberalism and a market economy. He ran in the presidential election in 1990 but lost to former President Alberto Fujimori.