photo Mario Vargas Llosa

Mario Vargas Llosa

Prize
Nobel Prize in Literature — 2010
for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat
Citizenship
Peru Peru Dominican Republic Dominican Republic Spain Spain
Languages
Spanish, English, French
date of birth
3/28/1936
place of birth
Arequipa
date of death
4/13/2025
place of death
Lima
Lived
89 years
educated at
  • National University of San Marcos
    • academic major: literary studies
    • academic major: law
    • end time: 1/1/1958
    • start time: 1/1/1953
  • Complutense University of Madrid
    • academic degree: doctorate
    • doctoral advisor: Alonso Zamora Vicente
    • end time: 1/1/1971
    • start time: 1/1/1958
  • Colegio San Miguel de Piura
    • end time: 12/1/1952
    • start time: 3/1/1952
  • Leoncio Prado Military Academy
    • end time: 12/1/1951
    • start time: 3/1/1950
  • Colegio La Salle
    • end time: 12/1/1949
    • start time: 3/1/1947
position held
  • chairman of PEN International
    • end time: 1/1/1979
    • start time: 1/1/1977
  • Member of the Royal Spanish Academy
    • start time: 3/15/1996
    • end time: 4/13/2025
  • member of the Académie française
    • start time: 11/25/2021
    • end time: 4/13/2025
occupation
  • film director
    • end time: 1/1/1976
    • start time: 1/1/1976
  • opinion journalist
  • writer
  • broadcaster
  • politician
  • playwright
  • dramaturge
  • journalist
  • university teacher
  • philosopher
  • literary critic
  • novelist
  • essayist
  • prose writer
  • founder
member of
  • Peruvian Academy of Language
    • start time: 1/1/1977
    • end time: 1/1/2025
  • Académie Française
    • start time: 11/25/2021
  • Royal Spanish Academy
  • Brazilian Academy of Letters
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Mont Pelerin Society
  • Inter-American Dialogue
employer
  • King's College London
    • end time: 1/1/1970
    • start time: 1/1/1969
  • La Industria
    • end time: 12/1/1952
    • start time: 4/1/1952
  • La Crónica
    • end time: 1/1/1952
    • start time: 1/1/1952
  • Harvard University
    • end time: 1/1/1992
    • start time: 1/1/1992
  • Princeton University
  • Autonomous University of Barcelona
work location
  • Barcelona
  • Lima
  • Paris
  • Madrid
  • Cambridge
  • London
field of work
  • creative and professional writing
  • literature
notable work
  • The Green House
  • Conversation in The Cathedral
  • The Time of the Hero
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