Overview
- Mario Vargas Llosa, a Nobel Prize-winning author and pivotal figure of the Latin American Boom, passed away peacefully in Lima on April 13, 2025, at the age of 89.
- His family confirmed that his final wishes for cremation and a private farewell have been honored, with no public ceremony planned.
- Over his illustrious career, Vargas Llosa authored over 50 works, exploring themes of power, resistance, and human experience, earning global acclaim and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2010.
- The writer privately battled an incurable illness for nearly five years, continuing to write and engage in public discourse until his final works in 2023.
- Tributes have poured in from family, peers, and leaders, including Peru's President Dina Boluarte, who hailed him as the 'most illustrious Peruvian of all time.'