WRITER

Mario Vargas Llosa

1936 - Today

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Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquess of Vargas Llosa (born 28 March 1936), more commonly known as Mario Vargas Llosa (; Spanish: [ˈmaɾjo ˈβaɾɣas ˈʎosa]), is a Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist and former politician. Vargas Llosa is one of Latin America's most significant novelists and essayists and one of the leading writers of his generation. Some critics consider him to have had a larger international impact and worldwide audience than any other writer of the Latin American Boom. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mario Vargas Llosa has received more than 2,706,226 page views. His biography is available in 93 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 90 in 2019). Mario Vargas Llosa is the 208th most popular writer (down from 188th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Peru (down from 2nd in 2019) and the most popular Peruvian Writer.

Mario Vargas Llosa is most famous for his novel, The War of the End of the World.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 72.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 93

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

La ciudad y los perros
Conversation in the Cathedral (Conversación en la catedral)
Fiction
A frightening and impressive portrait of evil by one of Latin America's leading contemporary novelists. 'A monumentally engrossing novel.' Los Angeles Times
La guerra del fin del mundo
La civilización del espectáculo. - 3. ed.
Civilization, Modern
Szelmostwa niegrzecznej dziewczynki

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mario Vargas Llosa ranks 208 out of 7,302Before him are Khalil Gibran, Anna Wintour, Mansur Al-Hallaj, Tristan Tzara, Ray Bradbury, and Stéphane Mallarmé. After him are Imre Kertész, Anacreon, Johanna Spyri, Sigrid Undset, Maurice Leblanc, and Carlo Goldoni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Mario Vargas Llosa ranks 8Before him are Silvio Berlusconi, Václav Havel, Sepp Blatter, Alan Alda, Yves Saint Laurent, and Barry Barish. After him are Robert Redford, Ken Loach, Mikhail Tal, Amancio Ortega, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, and Andrei Chikatilo.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, Mario Vargas Llosa ranks 3 out of 287Before him are Atahualpa (1502), and Lina Medina (1933). After him are Isabel Allende (1942), Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (1920), Carlos Castaneda (1925), Alberto Fujimori (1938), Túpac Amaru (1545), Manco Cápac (1250), Rose of Lima (1586), Pachacuti (1380), and Túpac Amaru II (1738).

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Among WRITERS In Peru

Among writers born in Peru, Mario Vargas Llosa ranks 1After him are Isabel Allende (1942), Carlos Castaneda (1925), Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (1539), César Vallejo (1892), Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (1535), José Carlos Mariátegui (1894), José María Arguedas (1911), Ricardo Palma (1833), Ciro Alegría (1909), Julio Ramón Ribeyro (1929), and Alfredo Bryce (1939).