At a 1976 movie premiere in Mexico City, Mario Vargas Llosa famously punched his soon-to-be ex-friend, novelist Gabriel García Márquez, in the face. Some theorize the ruckus was about Vargas ...

Mario Vargas Llosa, the Peruvian writer and Nobel laureate who died this past Sunday, spent the better part of his literary career novelizing the history of Latin America. It's curious ...

FILE - Writer Mario Vargas Llosa speaks to reporters in New York, Oct. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) FILE - Writer Mario Vargas Llosa speaks to reporters in New York, Oct. 7, 2010.

It’s all about military idiocy.” The book was The Time of the Hero, the 1963 debut novel of the Peruvian writer, Mario Vargas Llosa — who would no doubt have smiled to hear of this anecdote.

Juan Vargas – who represents border communities – along with Scott Peters, Sara Jacobs and Mike Levin, issued a joint statement seeking the opportunity to meet Lee Zeldin of the Environmental ...

Peruvian writer and Nobel literature laureate Mario Vargas Llosa died on Sunday at the age of 89, his family announced, ending the era of Latin America's literary golden generation. "It is with ...

The Peruvian writer and winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature, Mario Vargas Llosa, died this week at the age of 89. Among his various accomplishments and roles – author, philosopher, journalist ...

The Peruvian flag flew at half-staff Monday as the South American country marked the passing of literary great Mario Vargas Llosa with a day of national mourning. Tributes poured in from around ...

Malaya Vargas has done just that for the Dons. The freshman third baseman is batting .455 with eight home runs, and her 45 RBIs lead the CIF Southern Section. The Dons have not had a winning ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Mario Vargas Llosa’s death, at 89, brings a literary epoch to a close. Last great survivor of the “Boom ...