“Latin America seemed to be a land where there were only dictators, revolutionaries, catastrophes. Now we know that Latin America can produce also artists, musicians, painters, thinkers, and novelists.”

Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist, and politician

Mario Vargas Llosa was a Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist, and politician. Born in 1936, he became one of the major Latin American writers of his generation, and his work reached a wide international audience. He has 73 quotes on the site. He was especially noted for novels and essays that examine power, conflict, and the fate of the individual under pressure. In 2010, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature for writing about structures of power and for his vivid portrayals of resistance, revolt, and defeat.