Mario Vargas Llosa

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Vargas and the second or maternal family name is Llosa.

Mario Vargas Llosa Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaɾjo ˈbaɾɣas ˈʎosa] is a Peruvian-Spanish writer, politician, journalist and essayist. Though he was born in Peru, he has lived in many countries, for example Peru, Spain and England. He has written many books, plays and essays and still writes. A few famous books are listed below:

• The City and the Dogs (1965)
• The Green House (1965)
• Conversation in the Cathedral (1969)
• Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter (1977)
• The War of the End of the World (1981)
• The Feast of the Goat (2000)

He received the Nobel Prize in Literature on December 10, 2010. His book The Dream of the Celt is about the life of Irishman Roger Casement. Though it was published in Spanish 2010, the translation into English is still incomplete.