Renowned Peruvian writer and Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa, celebrated for his intellectual depth and genre-spanning prose, died at the age of 89 in Lima. Surrounded by family, his son Alvaro confirmed he passed away peacefully. A towering figure of the Latin American literary boom, Vargas Llosa earned the Nobel Prize in 2010 for a body of work that includes Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, Death in the Andes, and The War of the End of the World. His complex relationship with politics saw him shift from socialism to staunch free-market support, and in 1990, he ran unsuccessfully for president of Peru. Throughout his life, he remained vocal, often criticizing authoritarian regimes like those of Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez. His novels often drew from personal experience, such as The Time of the Hero and A Fish in the Water, and explored Peru’s turbulent history, cultural clashes, and authoritarianism. His personal life was also novel-worthy, marked by high-profile relationships and literary feuds. Peru’s president called him the “most illustrious Peruvian of all time.”
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