Line #9 Creator/MarioVargasLlosa


1	Mario Vargas Llosa (born 1936) is a Peruvian writer, politician and 2010 [[UsefulNotes/NobelPrizeInLiterature Nobel Laureate for Literature]]. He is a firm believer of WriteWhatYouKnow and tends to [[ShownTheirWork do the research]] of the subject he’s writing about.
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3	His critics still debate whether he is a modernist or postmodernist.
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5	Some of his books have been adapted to the big screen.
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7	He started being a leftist person, and even supported Castro’s government, before he became disillusioned with his dictatorship. Since then, he has allied with more centre-right politics. He competed for the presidency of his country in the early ‘90s, but was defeated by Alberto Fujimori. Disheartened by his loss, Vargas Llosa moved to Spain and became a Spanish citizen. (He's now also officially a Spanish nobleman; the King made him a marquis after Vargas Llosa was awarded his Nobel Prize.) That said, he still spends time in Peru.
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9	He’s also the guy who said that Mexico “is the perfect dictatorship.” Of course, that was back then in 1990. He also [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown got in a fight with his once-friend]] Creator/GabrielGarciaMarquez [[NoodleIncident for some reason]] and they never spoke ever again (García Márquez having died in 2014).
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11	His bibliography includes:
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13	* ''The Cubs and Other Stories'' (1959)
14	* ''Literature/TheTimeOfTheHero'' (1963)
15	* ''Literature/TheGreenHouse'' (1966)
16	* ''Literature/ConversationInTheCathedral'' (1969)
17	* ''Literature/CaptainPantojaAndTheSpecialService'' (1973)
18	* ''Literature/AuntJuliaAndTheScriptwriter'' (1977)
19	* ''Literature/TheWarOfTheEndOfTheWorld'' (1981)
20	* ''Literature/TheRealLifeOfAlejandroMayta'' (1984)
21	* ''Literature/WhoKilledPalominoMorelo?'' (1986)
22	* ''The Storyteller'' (1987)
23	* ''Literature/InPraiseOfTheStepmother'' (1988)
24	* ''Literature/DeathInTheAndes'' (1993)
25	* ''Literature/NotebooksOfDonRigoberto'' (1997)
26	* ''Literature/TheFeastOfTheGoat'' (2000)
27	* ''Literature/TheWayToParadise'' (2003)
28	* ''Literature/TheBadGirl'' (2006)
29	* ''Literature/TheDreamOfTheCelt'' (2010)
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31	!!Tropes about him and his work:
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33	* BusmansHoliday: He has stated that he writes on his vacations.
34	* DefeatMeansFriendship: “On Sunday”.
35	* EmbarrassingNickname: Pichulita Cuéllar in “The Cubs” (it’s the Spanish equivalent of being called Dickie).
36	%%* GroinAttack: “The Cubs”.
37	* HollywoodDrowning: Averted in “On Sunday”. Though Rubén still splashes and screams for help, Miguel knows to not let Ruben touch him or they’ll both drown; instead, Miguel takes him by the hair to save him.
38	* HonorBeforeReason: Don Leonidas and Justo in “The Challenge”.
39	%%* IWantToBeARealMan
40	* KnifeFight: “The Challenge”.
41	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname
42	* ARealManIsAKiller: Don Leonidas’ opinion in “The Challenge”.
43	%%* ShownTheirWork
44	* StraightGay: Suspected on Cuéllar in “The Cubs”.
45	* TeensAreMonsters: Sometimes played straight, sometimes subverted.
46	%%* TestosteronePoisoning

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