Vargas Llosa

Var·gas Llo·sa

[vahr-guhs yoh-suh; Spanish bahr-gahs yaw-sah]
noun
Mario, born 1936, Peruvian essayist and novelist.
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Vargas Llosa (Spanish ˈbarɣas ˈʎosa) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
(Jorge) Mario (Pedro) born 1936, Peruvian novelist, writer, and political figure. His novels include The City and the Dogs (1963), Conversation in the Cathedral (1969), The Storyteller (1990), and The Notebok of Don Rigoberto (1998). In 1990 he stood unsuccessfully for the presidency of Peru

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