Mario Vargas Llosa
Mario Vargas Llosa is a Peruvian writer and politician who is one of Latin America's leading novelists and essayists. He was hailed in the 1960s as one of the main exponents of the Latin American literary boom, and continues to write prolifically. He is considered to have more of a continued international impact and world-wide audience than any other writer from the Latin American Boom.
Vargas Llosa rose to fame in the 1960s with novels such as La ciudad y los perros (The Time of the Hero), La casa verde (The Green House), and the monumental Conversacion en la catedral (Conversation in the Cathedral). He referred to the last of these as a "total novel", because its narrative depicted all levels of society. His novels span many literary genres, including comedy, murder mystery, history, and political thriller. Several, such as Pantaleon y las visitadoras and La tia Julia y el escribidor, have been adapted as feature films (the latter as Tune in Tomorrow).
Like many Latin American authors, Vargas Llosa has been politically active throughout his career. The most notable aspect of his political engagement has been his movement from the political left towards the right. He initially supported the Cuban revolutionary government of Fidel Castro, but later became disenchanted. He ran for the Peruvian presidency in 1990, as the center-right FREDEMO coalition candidate, advocating neoliberal reforms, and has subsequently supported conservative moderates.
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