Mario Vargas Llosa, who passed away on April 13, 2025, was a leading literary figure in Latin America from the 1960s onward. His extensive body of work includes novels and essays, earning him significant accolades, including the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2010. He emphasized the transformative power of literature in his acceptance speech, highlighting its role in fostering progressive thought and unity among diverse cultures. Throughout his life, Vargas Llosa received numerous honors and was notably the first living Spanish-speaking author included in France's Bibliotheque de la Pleiade in 2016.
We would be worse than we are without the good books we have read, more conformist, not as restless, more submissive, and the critical spirit, the engine of progress, would not even exist. Like writing, reading is a protest against the insufficiencies of life.
Good literature erects bridges between different peoples, and by having us enjoy, suffer, or feel surprise, unites us beneath the languages, beliefs, habits, customs, and prejudices that separate us.
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