Widely
perceived as the next Spanish-speaking Nobel Prize
in Literature, Vargas Llosa is one of the most
cosmopolitan writers in Latin America. He has lived
in Paris, London and Barcelona as well as in Lima
and other Latin America capitals. His novel La Casa
Verde, 1966, established his reputation as one of
the most outstanding contemporary Latin American
authors. Vargas Llosa pronounced the now famous
"literature is fire" statement in which he upheld
the writer's function as a contributor to the
founding of a new social order out of the ashes of
old injustices. His political awareness, initially
of a leftist-communist leaning, turned conservative
and in the last Peruvian election, Vargas Llosa run
for President of his country only to lose the
election to the Japanese-Peruvian Alberto Fujimori.
Widely
perceived as the next Spanish-speaking Nobel Prize
in Literature, Vargas Llosa is one of the most
cosmopolitan writers in Latin America. He has lived
in Paris, London and Barcelona as well as in Lima
and other Latin America capitals. His novel La Casa
Verde, 1966, established his reputation as one of
the most outstanding contemporary Latin American
authors. Vargas Llosa pronounced the now famous
"literature is fire" statement in which he upheld
the writer's function as a contributor to the
founding of a new social order out of the ashes of
old injustices. His political awareness, initially
of a leftist-communist leaning, turned conservative
and in the last Peruvian election, Vargas Llosa run
for President of his country only to lose the
election to the Japanese-Peruvian Alberto Fujimori.
