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Mario Vargas Llosa
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Interview
Biography
Born in Arequipa (Peru) in 1936, Vargas Llosa is considered one of Latin America's
greatest contemporary writers. Author of articles, essays and plays as well as novels, his
work encompasses various narrative forms, from political novels to comic novels to
mythico-political narration. His works have been translated into over 20 languages.
"Writing a novel" -he says- "is a ceremony similar to a striptease. Just as
the girl in the spotlight casts off her clothes and reveals her secrets one by one, the
novelist bares his own intimate being through his novels."
He has received numerous literary prizes and awards and in 1994 was nominated member of
the "Real Academia Española de la Lengua". Although resident in Europe, in 1990
he stood in the Peruvian presidential elections, eventually won by A. Fujimori. In 1996 he
was one of the founding members of the Fundaciòn Hispano Cubana, an organisation which
aims to maintain, reinforce and develop the links which have existed for over 500 years
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Bibliography
Among his works published in English:
- The Time of the Hero (Grove, 1966).
- The Green House (Harper & Row, 1968).
- Conversation in the Cathedral (Harper & Row, 1975).
- Captain Pantoja and the Special Services (Harper & Row, 1978).
- The Perpetual Orgy: Flaubert and Madame Bovary (Farrar, Straus, 1986).
- Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter (Picador, 1984).
- The War of the End of the World (Faber & Faber, 1985).
- The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta (Farrar, Straus,1986).
- The Green House (Pan Books, 1986).
- Who Killed Palomino Molero? (Farrar, Straus, 1987).
- The Storyteller (Farrar, Straus, 1989).
- A Fish in the Water (Farrar, Straus, 1994).
- Death in the Andes (Faber & Faber, 1996).
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