Author
Mario Vargas Llosa
March 28, 1936 – April 13, 2025 · Peru
Novelist, Dramaturge, Politician, Journalist, Essayist, Literary critic, University teacher, Prose writer, Playwright, Philosopher, Opinion journalist, Writer, Film director, Broadcaster
Titles on list
1
Total weeks
1
Peak rank
#14
Biography
- Born
- March 28, 1936 · Arequipa
- Died
- April 13, 2025 · Lima
- Nationality
- Peru
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- Spanish, French, English
- Education
- National University of San Marcos, Complutense University of Madrid, Leoncio Prado Military Academy, Colegio La Salle, Colegio San Miguel de Piura
Awards & Honours
- 1962Premio Biblioteca Breve
- 1964Castilian Narrative Critic Award
- 1967Rómulo Gallegos Prize
- 1967Prix Formentor
- 1967Castilian Narrative Critic Award
- 1967National Culture Award
- 1985Knight of the Legion of Honour
- 1986Princess of Asturias Literary Prize
- 1986Grinzane Cavour Prize
- 1989Scanno Prize
- 1993Premio Planeta de Novela
- 1993Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
- 1994honorary doctor of the University of Rennes 2
- 1994Miguel de Cervantes Prize
- 1995Jerusalem Prize
- 1995honorary doctorate of the University of Valladolid
- 1995honorary doctorate of the University of Murcia
- 1996Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association
- 1997Mariano de Cavia' Price
- 1997National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism
- 1999Menéndez Pelayo International Prize
- 1999Ortega y Gasset Awards
- 2001Grand Cross, Special Class of the Order of the Sun of Peru
- 2001honorary doctorate of the National University of San Marcos
- 2001honorary doctor of the University of Pau
- 2001honorary doctorate from University of French Polynesia
- 2002Caonabo de Oro Award
- 2005Irving Kristol Award
- 2005Honorary doctor of the Humboldt University of Berlin
- 2005honorary doctor of the Sorbonne Nouvelle University
- 2006Maria Moors Cabot Prizes
- 2006Orden de la Independencia Cultural Rubén Darío
- 2007honorary doctorate of the University of Reims
- 2008honorary doctor of the University of Alicante
- 2008Prix mondial Cino Del Duca
- 2008Freedom Prize
- 2009honorary doctorate of the Bordeaux Montaigne University
- 2009honorary doctorate of the University of Granada
- 2009Premio Ceppo Pistoia
- 2010Nobel Prize in Literature
- 2010Viareggio-Versilia International Prize
- 2010Alfonso Reyes International Prize
- 2011Commander of the Order of the Aztec Eagle
- 2011St. Louis Literary Award
- 2012Carlos Fuentes International Prize for Literary Creation in the Spanish Language
- 2012honorary doctorate of the University of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria
- 2015gold Medal of the Community of Madrid
- 2015Don Quijote Journalism Prize
- 2016Library of Congress Living Legend
- 2016honorary doctorate of the University of Burgos
- 2016Hayek Medal
- 2018Pablo Neruda Order of Artistic and Cultural Merit
- 2018honorary doctor of the University of Miami
- 2019Grand Cross of the Order of Boyacá
- Order of Christopher Columbus
- Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
- honorary doctorate from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
- Order of Vasco Núñez de Balboa
- Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford
- Orden al Mérito Docente y Cultural Gabriela Mistral
- honorary doctor of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
- honorary doctor from the NOVA University Lisbon
- Honorary Doctorate from the National Autonomous University of Mexico
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