2010

Banquet speech

English I am a storyteller, so before I propose a toast I will tell you a story. Once upon a time, there was a boy who learned to read at the age of five. This changed his life. Owing to the adventure tales he read, he discovered a way to escape from…

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Press release

English The Permanent Secretary Press release 7 October 2010 The Nobel Prize in Literature 2010 Mario Vargas Llosa The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2010 is awarded to the Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa “for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual’s resistance, revolt, and defeat”.

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Press release

Spanish Secretario permanente Nota de prensa 7 de octubre del 2010 El premio Nobel de literatura 2010 Mario Vargas Llosa El premio Nobel de literatura 2010 ha sido otorgado al escritor peruano Mario Vargas Llosa ”porsu cartografía de las estructuras del poder y sus afiladas imágenes de laresistencia, rebelión y derrota del individuo”.

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Press release

German Der ständige Sekretär Pressemitteilung 7. Oktober 2010 Der Nobelpreis in Literatur des Jahres 2010 Mario Vargas Llosa Der Nobelpreis inLiteratur des Jahres 2010 wird dem peruanischen Schriftsteller Mario Vargas Llosa verliehen „für seine Kartographie derMachtstrukturen und scharfkantigen Bilder individuellen Widerstands, desAufruhrs und der Niederlage“.

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Bibliography

Works in Spanish Los jefes. – Barcelona : Rocas, 1959 La ciudad y los perros. – Barcelona : Seix Barral, 1963 La casa verde. – Barcelona : Seix Barral, 1966 Los cachorros. – Barcelona : Lumen, 1967 La novela. – Montevideo : Fundación de Cultura Universitaria, 1968 La novela en América Latina : diálogo [entre…

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French Le secrétaire perpétuel Communiqué de presse Le 7 octobre 2010 Prix Nobel de littérature pour l’année 2010 Mario Vargas Llosa Le prix Nobel de littérature pour l’année 2010est attribué à l’auteur péruvien Mario Vargas Llosa « pour sa cartographie des structures du pouvoir et sesimages aiguisées de la résistance de l’individu, de sa révolte…

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Prose

English Excerpt from The Storyteller (El Hablador) I FIRST became acquainted with the Amazon jungle halfway through 1958, thanks to my friend Rosita Corpancho. Her function at the University of San Marcos was vague; her power unlimited. She prowled among the professors without being one of them, and they all did whatever…

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