Peruvian Nobel literature prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa dies

Nobel-winning Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, whose vivid novels explored Latin American despotism, corruption and fanaticism and who once ran for president, has died. The literary giant was 89.

Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa,Nobel literature laureateand a giant of Latin American letters for many decades, has died, his son said Sunday. He was 89.

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