Memorial Page for Mario Vargas Llosa (née Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa)
Peruvian, Spanish and Dominican novelist and writer
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April 13th, 2026
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March 28th, 2026
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Biography
Mario Vargas Llosa (* March 28, 1936 in Arequipa; † April 13, 2025 in Lima) was a peruvian, Spanish and Dominican novelist and writer. He was 89 years old. He was married to Julia Urquidi Illanes and Patricia Llosa Urquidi. His education included National University of San Marcos, Complutense University of Madrid, Leoncio Prado Military Academy, Colegio La Salle and Colegio San Miguel de Piura. His faith was agnosticism. He received 10 awards, including Nobel Prize in Literature, Rómulo Gallegos Prize.
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23 EventsBorn in Arequipa, Arequipa Department
1936Colegio La Salle
1947until 1949
Leoncio Prado Military Academy
1950until 1951
La Crónica
1952until 1952
Colegio San Miguel de Piura
1952until 1952
La Industria
1952until 1952
National University of San Marcos
1953until 1958
Married Julia Urquidi Illanes
1955until 1964
Complutense University of Madrid
1958doctorate · until 1971
Married Patricia Llosa Urquidi
1965until 2015
Rómulo Gallegos Prize
1967The Green House
King's College London
1969until 1970
Princess of Asturias Literary Prize
1986Grinzane Cavour Prize
1986The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta
Harvard University
1992until 1992
Premio Planeta de Novela
1993Death in the Andes
honorary doctor of the University of Rennes 2
1994Miguel de Cervantes Prize
1994Jerusalem Prize
1995Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association
1996Mariano de Cavia' Price
1997Nobel Prize in Literature
2010Died in Lima, Lima
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- Julia Urquidi Illanes
Mario Vargas Llosa (née Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa). Forever remembered.