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Coverage dated April 13, 2025

Nobel winning writer Mario Vargas Llosa dies at 89

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Vargas Llosa's debut novel was such a scathing indictment of the military academy he attended that Peruvian officials burned copies of the book.

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  1. KSDK

    Nobel winning writer Mario Vargas Llosa dies at 89 (opens KSDK)

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    Vargas Llosa's debut novel was such a scathing indictment of the military academy he attended that Peruvian officials burned copies of the book.

  2. Al Jazeera

    Peru mourns death of literary giant Mario Vargas Llosa (opens Al Jazeera)

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    The writer was a leading light in the 20th-century Latin American literature boom and has won a Nobel Prize.

  3. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate, dies at 89 (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate and a giant of Latin American letters for many decades, has died, his son said Sunday.

  4. Digital Journal

    Nobel Literature Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa dies in Peru (opens Digital Journal)

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    Nobel literature laureate Mario Vargas Llosa died Sunday at the age of 89 in the Peruvian capital, his family announced on the social network X.Vargas

  5. Digital Journal

    Vargas Llosa, last of Latin America's literary golden generation (opens Digital Journal)

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    Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa was the last survivor of a golden generation of Latin American literary giants, his writing exploring universal themes

  6. Deutsche Welle

    Nobel literature prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa dies – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, who wrote more than 30 novels including "The Time of the Hero," was one of Latin America's most significant novelists.

  7. KRDO

    Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel Prize-winning author, dies at 89 (opens KRDO)

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    By José Álvarez and Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Mario Vargas Llosa, the Peruvian-Spanish Nobel Prize-winning author whose work focused on the evils of

  8. Delaware Public Media

    Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel Prize-winning Peruvian author, dies at age 89 (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    A giant of Latin American culture, Llosa used powerful imagery and sometimes fantastical storytelling to explore issues of male violence, societal disruption and authoritarian politics.

  9. NBC News

    Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian author and Nobel literature laureate, dies at 89 (opens NBC News)

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    Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate and a giant of Latin American letters, died Sunday.

  10. The Guardian

    ‘We waited greedily for his novels’: Mario Vargas Llosa, a revolutionary of Spanish-language fiction (opens The Guardian)

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    His breakthrough book was deemed too inflammatory to be taught in my school, and was burned by authorities, but this Peruvian firebrand would reveal himself to be a man of contradictions

  11. Green Field Reporter

    Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian author and Nobel literature laureate, dies at 89 - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate and a giant of Latin American letters, died Sunday. He was 89. He was a prolific author and essayist with such celebrated novels as “The Time of the Hero” (La Ciudad y los Perros) and “Feast of the Goat,” and won myriad …

  12. Time

    Peruvian Writer Mario Vargas Llosa Dies at 89 (opens Time)

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    A prolific novelist and essayist and giant of Latin American letters for many decades, Vargas Llosa was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 2010.

  13. The Guardian

    Mario Vargas Llosa obituary (opens The Guardian)

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    Peruvian novelist, essayist and aspiring politician who was awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 2010

  14. The Conversation US

    Farewell to Mario Vargas Llosa, the end of an era for Latin America’s literary luminaries (opens The Conversation US)

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    The Peruvian Nobel prize-winning author was intensely committed to his craft.

  15. CBS News

    Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian author and Nobel literature laureate, dies at the age of 89 (opens CBS News)

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    Mario Vargas Llosa, a Nobel literature laureate who challenged Peru's powerful military in the early 1960s, has died at 89 surrounded by family, his children say.

  16. Deadline

    Mario Vargas Llosa Dies: Peruvian Literary Giant Was 89 (opens Deadline)

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    Mario Vargas Llosa Dies: Peruvian Literary Giant Was 89

  17. The Guardian

    Mario Vargas Llosa, giant of Latin American literature, dies aged 89 (opens The Guardian)

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    Nobel laureate, a star of the international boom in Latin American literature, also once ran for president in Peru

  18. Foreign Policy

    Mario Vargas Llosa: A Literary Colossus Who Aimed to Change the World (opens Foreign Policy)

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    The Peruvian Nobel laureate initially embraced communism—until it clashed with liberty.

  19. UPI

    Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate, dies at 89 in Peru (opens UPI)

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    Mario Vargas Llosa, a prolific Peruvian novelist and essayist who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2010, died Sunday in Lima, his family said. He was 89.

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