Mario Vargas Llosa was born to a middle-class family on 28 March 1936, in the southern Peruvian provincial city of Arequipa. He was the only child of Ernesto Vargas Maldonado and Dora Llosa Ureta (the former a … 查看更多內容

Turn to liberalism
Like many other Latin American intellectuals, Vargas Llosa was initially a supporter of the 查看更多內容

Vargas Llosa has mainly lived in Madrid since the 1990s, but spends roughly three months of the year in Peru with his extended family. He also frequently visits London where he occasionally spends long periods. Vargas Llosa acquired Spanish … 查看更多內容

As of 2015, Vargas Llosa is in a relationship with Filipina Spanish socialite and TV personality Isabel Preysler and seeking a … 查看更多內容

Beginning and first major works
Vargas Llosa's first novel, The Time of the Hero (La ciudad y los perros), was published in 1963. The book is set among a community of cadets in a Lima military school, and the plot is based on the author's own … 查看更多內容

Plot, setting, and major themes
Vargas Llosa's style encompasses historical material as well as his own personal experiences. For example, in his first novel, The … 查看更多內容

Mario Vargas Llosa is considered a major Latin American writer, alongside other authors such as Octavio Paz, Julio Cortázar, 查看更多內容