Vargas Llosa Returns to Peruvian Streets Ahead of 89th Birthday

A group of cadets from Leoncio Prado School begins to jog. It is not an ordinary morning in the military precinct where Mario Vargas Llosa began to forge himself as a man of letters, writing love letters on request for his roommates, unable to court fifteen year olds from the beginning of the fifties. A drone flies over the school, glued to the Pacific Ocean, in Callao. The most illustrious student of Leoncio Prado is on birthday and the uniform…

Mario Vargas Llosa turns 89. Thinking of him, I once remembered a poem of gratitude that since the 9th century AD is sung at the Jewish Passover in gratitude for having reached the Promised Land. It is entitled “Dayenú”, that is, “it would be enough for us.” Extracted from his religious context, singing can express the gratitude of children to parents, disciples to teachers. And he can express the gratitude of his readers with Mario Vargas Llosa…

The images of the writer of “Five Corners” and “I dedicate my silence to him” were shared by his son Álvaro through social networks

FOR: DAVID AURIS VILLEGAS If Mario Vargas Llosa had practiced law, he would have revolutionized law, but for our luck he discovered his vocation and gave us the Nobel Prize in Literature (2010). His legacy enriches education, critical thinking, creativity and stimulates us to discover our vocation. On his birthday, we celebrate [...]

More jails like ChallapalcaThe Owl and a spectacular seriesThis Owl cannot be alien to celebrations and tributes in different parts of the world for the 89 years of our Nobel Prize Mario Vargas Llosa. I must confess that I am a great admirer of the work of the writer of Arequipeño and, indeed, my fondness for lyrics and journalism began when I began to read his novels at 12 or 13 years old. It is undoubtedly the most universal Peruvian. ‘89 year…

Yesterday Mario Vargas Llosa turned 89. The winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature has been touring the emblematic places of Lima that served as stage and inspiration to recreate many of his works. Lima, and Peru in general, have always been in the life of Mario Vargas Llosa, although after his unsuccessful participation in the elections of the year 90 decided to reside in Spain. De Vargas Llosa can be said a lot, and even to discuss his politi…