Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, a towering figure of Latin American literature, died on Sunday in Lima, his country’s capital, at the age of 89.
The writer and public intellectual, who won the 2010 Nobel Prize for literature, was “surrounded by his family and at peace”, his family wrote in a statement published by his son Álvaro on X late on Sunday.
“His passing will sadden his relatives, his friends and his readers around the world, but we hope that they will find solace, as we did, in the fact that he enjoyed a long, varied and fruitful life, and leaves behind a body of work that will outlive him,” the statement read.
The cause of death was unknown, and the family said that Vargas Llosa’s body would be cremated in accordance with his wishes, adding that there would be no public ceremony.
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