Editing Mario Vargas Llosa (section)

== Later personal life  ==
[[File:Vargas Llosa con gorra de Universitario de Deportes.jpg|thumb|upright|Vargas Llosa wearing a cap from [[Club Universitario de Deportes]], the Peruvian soccer team he supported as a youth]]

Vargas Llosa was an [[agnostic]], "I was not a believer, nor was I an atheist either, but, rather, an agnostic".<ref>{{cite book |last=Vargas Llosa |first=Mario |title=A fish in the water : a memoir |publisher=Picador |others=Lane, Helen R. |year=2011 |isbn=978-1-250-00577-9 |location=New York |pages=2011 |oclc=719428763 |orig-year=1994}}</ref>

Vargas Llosa declared himself a music lover and stated that he felt a special fondness for [[Gustav Mahler]].<ref>{{cite web |date=26 March 2016 |title=Mario Vargas Llosa gathers a polished style, conciseness, imaginative structures and revealing dialogues: David Martín del Campo |url=https://www.cultura.gob.mx/dgai/noticias-detalle/?id=45228&orden=1&ln=en |publisher=cultura.gob.mx}}</ref> He was fond of association football and was a supporter of [[Universitario de Deportes]].<ref>{{citation|title=Mario Vargas Llosa a Nobel football fan and supporter of Universitario de Deportes|date=7 October 2010|url=http://www.conmebol.com/conmebol/mainMedia.html?id=16969&viewpage='full'|journal=South American Football Confederation|access-date=30 December 2010}} {{Dead link|date=March 2012|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> In his book ''[[A Fish in the Water]]'' he confessed that from childhood he was a fan of the 'cream coloured' team from Peru, which he first saw play one day in 1946 when he was only 10 years old.<ref>{{cite web|title=Como pez en el agua: El dia en que Vargas Llosa debutó con la U|url=http://depor.pe/noticia/650743/como-pez-agua-dia-que-vargas-llosa-debuto=|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525234615/http://depor.pe/noticia/650743/como-pez-agua-dia-que-vargas-llosa-debuto%3D|archive-date=25 May 2011|access-date=30 December 2010|publisher=Depor.pe|trans-title=As a fish in the water: The day Vargas Llosa played with Universitario}}</ref> In February 2011, Vargas Llosa was awarded an honorary life membership of this football club, in a ceremony that took place at Lima's [[Estadio Monumental "U"|Monumental Stadium]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Vargas Llosa protagonista de la 'noche crema' de Universitario de Deportes|url=http://www.elmundo.es/america/2011/02/03/deportes/1296773898.html|access-date=14 February 2011|publisher=[[Elmundo.es]]|trans-title=Vargas Llosa in 'cream night' of Universitario}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Vargas Llosa: La 'U' es un mito, una leyenda, una tradición|url=http://elcomercio.pe/deportes/707923/noticia-mario-vargas-llosa-u-mito-leyenda|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110206235802/http://elcomercio.pe/deportes/707923/noticia-mario-vargas-llosa-u-mito-leyenda|archive-date=6 February 2011|access-date=14 February 2011|publisher=elcomercio.pe|trans-title=Vargas Llosa: La 'U' is a myth, a legend, a tradition}}</ref>

In 2015, Vargas Llosa embarked on a relationship with Filipina Spanish socialite and TV personality [[Isabel Preysler]] and divorced his second wife Patricia Llosa.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Mario Vargas Llosa confirma separacion con Patricia Llosa|url=http://larepublica.pe/espectaculos/6986-mario-vargas-llosa-confirma-separacion-con-patricia-llosa|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617150939/http://larepublica.pe/espectaculos/6986-mario-vargas-llosa-confirma-separacion-con-patricia-llosa|archive-date=17 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="elpais17nov">{{cite news|date=17 November 2015|title=Mario Vargas Llosa confirma que ha pedido el divorcio a su esposa|newspaper=El Pais|url=http://elpais.com/elpais/2015/11/17/estilo/1447763049_321018.html|access-date=17 November 2015}}</ref> In December 2022, it was announced that Vargas Llosa and Preysler had split up.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Isabel Preysler and Mario Vargas Llosa split up after eight years together|newspaper=El País|date=28 December 2022|url=https://english.elpais.com/society/2022-12-28/isabel-preysler-and-mario-vargas-llosa-split-up-after-eight-years-together.html}}</ref>

He was infected with [[COVID-19]] and was hospitalized in April 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/andres-oppenheimer/article263980186.html|title= Nobel laureate Vargas Llosa nearly died of COVID, but he's back and vocal as ever|work=Miami Herald|date=29 July 2022}}</ref>