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Author: M.J. Gdnus
Peruvian Nobel Prize-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa has passed away in Lima at the age of 90, his family announced.
Vargas Llosa’s son, Álvaro Vargas Llosa, wrote on the platform X that the writer died peacefully on Sunday, surrounded by his family.
Vargas Llosa was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2010. Some of his most well-known works include "Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter", "Death in the Andes", and "The War of the End of the World."
Born on March 28, 1936, he wrote his first novel, "The Time of the Hero," in 1963, and went on to publish dozens of novels, plays, and essays. He abandoned socialist ideas early in his career and adopted more conservative views. In 1990, he ran for president of Peru, stating that he wanted to save the country from economic chaos and a Marxist insurgency, according to Reuters.
He lost in the second round to Alberto Fujimori, a then-unknown agronomist and university professor who would later be imprisoned for human rights abuses and corruption.
Frustrated by the election loss, the writer moved to Spain but remained influential throughout Latin America, often harshly criticizing leftist leaders, especially then-President of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez.
