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Nov 14, 2016

‘Dictatorships are literature’s natural enemy’ –Vargas Llosa

Text and photos by ELIZABETH LOLARGA At age 80, Mario Vargas Llosa, 2010 Nobel laureate for literature, described his relationship with the brothers of La Salle as “quite ancient.” His memories of these brothers, who taught him how to read and write, are “rich, vivid and moving.” There is one particular brother, a Spaniard named

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‘Dictatorships are literature’s natural enemy’ –Vargas Llosa
Oct 11, 2010

An encounter with a Nobel Prize winner

By ELIZABETH LOLARGA “And in keeping with his oft-repeated philosophical belief that novels should enhance and amplify life, not merely recount it, he has taken some liberties with history. But he quickly adds that ‘with essential facts, I have been loyal.’”–interview with Mario Vargas Llosa in January Magazine, 2002. It is a fact of literary

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An encounter with a Nobel Prize winner