Born in Arequipa, Peru (28 March 1936), Mario Vargas Llosa won the Nobel prize for Literature In 2010 “for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual’s resistance, revolt, and defeat.”

Fiction

  • 1959 – Los jefes (The cubs and other stories, 1979) – Baietii si alte povestiri
  • 1963 – La ciudad y los perros (The time of the hero, 1966) – Orasul si cainii
  • 1966 – La casa verde (The green house, 1968) – Casa verde
  • 1969 – Conversación en la catedral (Conversation in the cathedral, 1975) – Conversatie la catedrala
  • 1973 – Pantaleón y las visitadoras (Captain Pantoja and the Special Service, 1978) – Pantaleon si vizitatoarele
  • 1977 – La tía Julia y el escribidor (Aunt Julia and the scriptwriter, 1982) – Matusa Julia si condeierul
  • 1981 – La guerra del fin del mundo (The war of the end of the world, 1984) – Razboiul sfarsitului lumii
  • 1984 – Historia de Mayta (The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta, 1985) – Istoria lui Mayta
  • 1986 – ¿Quién mató a Palomino Molero? (Who killed Palomino Molero?, 1987) – Cine l-a ucis pe Palomino Molero?
  • 1987 – El hablador (The storyteller, 1989) – Povestasul
  • 1988 – Elogio de la madrastra (In Praise of the stepmother, 1990) – Elogiu mamei vitrege
  • 1993 – Lituma en los Andes (Death in the Andes, 1996) – Lituma in Anzi
  • 1997 – Los cuadernos de don Rigoberto (The Notebooks of Don Rigoberto, 1998) – Caietele lui Don Rigoberto
  • 2000 – La fiesta del chivo (The Feast of the goat, 2001) – Sarbatoarea tapului
  • 2003 – El paraíso en la otra esquina (The way to Paradise, 2003) – Paradisul de dupa colt
  • 2006 – Travesuras de la niña mala (The Bag Girl, 2007) – Ratacirile fetei nesabuite
  • 2010 – El sueño del celta (The Dream of the Celt, 2010) – Visul celtului
  • 2013 – El héroe discreto (The Discreet Hero, 2015) – Eroul discret
  • 2016 – Cinco esquinas (The Neighborhood, 2018) – Cinci colturi
  • 2019 – Tiempos Recios (Harsh Times, 2021) – Vremuri grele

Memorii
1993 – Pestele in apa