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Peruvian Writer Wins Nobel Prize in Literature

   VOA News 07 October 2010
   Mario Vargas Llosa (File Photo)

Photo: AP

   Mario Vargas Llosa (File Photo)

   Peruvian  author Mario Vargas Llosa, one of the most acclaimed writers
   in  the  Spanish-speaking  world,  has  won  the  2010  Nobel Prize in
   literature.

   The  Swedish  Academy,  which  selects  the literature winner, said it
   honored  the author for his depictions of power structures and "images
   of individual's resistance, revolt and defeat."

   Vargas  Llosa,  who once unsuccessfully ran for president in Peru, has
   written  more  than  30  novels, plays and essays. He is credited with
   being  one  of  the  writers  who brought Latin American literature to
   international acclaim.

   Born in Arequipa, Peru, in 1936, Vargas Llosa grew up in Bolivia, then
   returned  to Peru to attend military school. He later moved to Europe,
   where he continued his studies and worked as a journalist.

   His  most  famous  works include The Time of the Hero, Conversation in
   the Cathedral and Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter.

   Vargas Llosa is the first South American to win the prize since it was
   awarded  to Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez in 1982. The prize
   includes a $1.5 million award and a gold medal.

   On  Monday,  the  Nobel  committee  awarded  British  scientist Robert
   Edwards this year's Nobel Prize in medicine for his work in developing
   in-vitro fertilization.

   Russian scientists Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov won the physics
   prize  Tuesday  for  "groundbreaking"  experiments  with  a strong and
   highly conductive form of carbon.

   Ei-ichi  Negishi  and Akira Suzuki of Japan, and American Richard Heck
   won  the  2010  Nobel  Prize  in  chemistry Wednesday for developing a
   carbon-bonding  process  that  has  enabled the creation of everything
   from anti-inflammatory drugs to super-thin computer screens.

   The  Nobel  Peace  Prize  will be awarded Friday. The final prize, for
   economics, will be awarded October 11.

   Swedish  dynamite inventor Alfred Nobel created the prizes, which were
   first awarded in 1901 in accordance with his will.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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