Mario Vargas Llosa is a Nobel Prize Winner for Literature in 2010. He was born on the 28 of March, 1936 in Arequipa, Peru. He developed an interest in poetry at an early age. He was politically active and ran as a candidate in Peruvian presidential elections in 1990. His literary works blend his roots in Peru and his political views. He passed away on April 13 in 2025 at the age of 89.