Álvaro Vargas Llosa
Journalist, Author
1966 –
Who is Álvaro Vargas Llosa?
Álvaro Vargas Llosa is a Peruvian-Spanish writer and political commentator on international affairs with emphasis on Latin America. He is also the writer and presenter of a documentary series for National Geographic on contemporary Latin American history that is being shown around the world.
Vargas Llosa is the son of writer and Nobel Prize laureate Mario Vargas Llosa and the brother of UNHCR representative Gonzalo Vargas Llosa and photographer Morgana Vargas Llosa. He is married, has a son and a daughter, and lives in Washington, D.C. He holds dual Peruvian and Spanish nationality. As his father's eldest child, he is the heir apparent to the Marquessate of Vargas Llosa.
Álvaro Vargas Llosa is a Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute, who has been a nationally syndicated columnist for the Washington Post Writers Group, and is the author of the book Liberty for Latin America, which obtained the Sir Anthony Fisher International Memorial Award for its contribution to the cause of freedom in 2005. He was recently appointed Young Global Leader 2007 by the World Economic Forum in Davos.
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- Born
- 1966
Lima - Also known as
- Alvaro Vargas Llosa
- Parents
- Siblings
- Nationality
- Peru
- Spain
- Profession
- Education
- London School of Economics and Political Science
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on July 23, 2013
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