Editing Mario Vargas Llosa (section)

==Awards and honours==
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Vargas Llosa won numerous awards for his writing, from the 1962 {{lang|es|[[Premio Biblioteca Breve]]}} (for ''The Time of the Hero'')<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rodenas de Moya |first1=Domingo |title=Mario Vargas Llosa, en nueve lecturas |url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2025-04-14/mario-vargas-llosa-en-nueve-lecturas.html |access-date=14 April 2025 |work=El País |date=14 April 2025 |language=es-MX}}</ref> to the 1993 {{lang|es|[[Premio Planeta]]}} (for ''Death in the Andes'')<ref>{{Cite web |title=Premio Planeta 1993 |url=https://www.premioplaneta.es/edicion/1993.html |access-date=14 April 2025 |website=Premio Planeta}}</ref> and the [[Jerusalem Prize]] in 1995.<ref>{{citation|title=Vargas Llosa Wins The Jerusalem Prize|date=17 January 1995|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE5DD1539F934A25752C0A963958260|journal=The New York Times|access-date=20 March 2008}}</ref> The literary critic [[Harold Bloom]] included his novel ''[[The War of the End of the World]]'' in his list of essential literary works in the [[Western Canon]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 September 2019 |title=The Western Canon / Harold Bloom |url=http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/l/literature/bloom/complete.html#D |access-date=14 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190921184722/http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/l/literature/bloom/complete.html#D |archive-date=21 September 2019 |at=The Chaotic Age: 20th Century. Latin America}}</ref>

One important distinction he received was the 1994 [[Miguel de Cervantes Prize]], considered the most important accolade in [[Spanish-language literature]] and awarded to authors whose "work has contributed to enrich, in a notable way, the literary patrimony of the Spanish language".<ref name=cervantes>"cuya obra haya contribuido a enriquecer de forma notable el patrimonio literario en lengua española." {{citation|title=Premio "Miguel de Cervantes"|date=20 March 2012<!-- 16:57:37-->|url=http://www.mcu.es/premios/CervantesPresentacion.html|publisher=Gobierno de España – Ministerio de Cultura|language=es|access-date=12 April 2008}}</ref> In 2002, Vargas was the recipient of the [[PEN/Nabokov Award]].<ref>{{cite web |title=PEN/Nabokov Award for Fiction Winners |url=https://pen.org/pennabokov-award-for-fiction-winners/ |website=PEN America |access-date=14 April 2025 |date=5 May 2016}}</ref> Vargas Llosa also received the 2005 [[Irving Kristol Award]] from the [[American Enterprise Institute]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 January 2005 |title=Mario Vargas Llosa to Receive 2005 Irving Kristol Award |url=https://www.aei.org/press/mario-vargas-llosa-to-receive-2005-irving-kristol-award/ |access-date=14 April 2025 |website=American Enterprise Institute}}</ref> and was the 2008 recipient of the Harold and Ethel L. Stellfox Visiting Scholar and Writers Award at [[Dickinson College]].<ref>{{cite web|date=2 December 2008|title=Honoring the Storyteller|url=http://www.dickinson.edu/news-and-events/publications/extra-features/2008-09/Honoring-the-Storyteller/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605224805/http://www.dickinson.edu/news-and-events/publications/extra-features/2008-09/Honoring-the-Storyteller/|archive-date=5 June 2010|access-date=7 October 2010|publisher=Dickinson College}}</ref>

On 7 October 2010, the [[Swedish Academy]] announced that the [[2010 Nobel Prize in Literature]] was awarded to Vargas Llosa "for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat".<ref name=":6">[https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2010/summary/ The Nobel Prize in Literature 2010] nobelprize.org</ref> The decision to award Vargas Llosa the Nobel Prize in Literature was well received around the world.<ref>[https://elpais.com/cultura/2010/10/07/actualidad/1286402413_850215.html"Es el Nobel a las dos orillas del español"] El País 7 October 2010 (in Spanish)</ref>

On 18 November 2010, Vargas Llosa received an honorary Degree of Letters from the [[City College of New York]] of the [[City University of New York]], where he also delivered the President's Lecture.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nobel Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa Speaks at CCNY November 18|url=http://www1.ccny.cuny.edu/advancement/news/Mario-Vargas-Llosa-Presidents-Lecture.cfm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104061700/http://www1.ccny.cuny.edu/advancement/news/Mario-Vargas-Llosa-Presidents-Lecture.cfm|archive-date=4 January 2012|publisher=The City College of New York}}</ref>

On 4 February 2011, Vargas Llosa was elevated to the [[Spanish nobility]] by [[King Juan Carlos I]] with the hereditary title of {{lang|es|[[Marqués de Vargas Llosa]]}} (Marquess of Vargas Llosa).<ref>{{Cite web|title=BOE.es – Documento BOE-A-2011-2137|url=https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2011-2137|website=www.boe.es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Alcantara|first=Eduardo|date=4 February 2011|title=Mario Vargas Llosa: Jamás imaginé que me harían marqués|url=https://rpp.pe/cultura/literatura/mario-vargas-llosa-jamas-imagine-que-me-harian-marques-noticia-333516|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130905110820/http://www.rpp.com.pe/2011-02-04-mario-vargas-llosa-jamas-imagine-que-me-harian-marques-noticia_333516.html|archive-date=5 September 2013|website=RPP}}</ref>

On 25 November 2021, Vargas Llosa was elected to the [[Académie française]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Élection de M. Mario Vargas Llosa (F18)|url=https://www.academie-francaise.fr/actualites/election-de-m-mario-vargas-llosa-f18|date=25 November 2021|access-date=15 December 2021}}</ref>

=== Honours ===
[[File:Piñera condecora a Mario Vargas Llosa.jpg|thumb|Vargas Llosa receiving the Gabriela Mistral Order of Educational and Cultural Merit from President [[Sebastián Piñera]] in 2010]]

<!---* Austria
:[[File:Order of Honour for Science and Art Rib.png|60x60px]] [[Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class|Cross of Honour for Science and Art]]--->
* Chile
:First Class of the {{ill|Gabriela Mistral Order of Educational and Cultural Merit|es|Orden al Mérito Docente y Cultural Gabriela Mistral}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Poblete |first=Juan Correa |date=22 December 2010 |title=Vargas Llosa recibe la Orden Gabriela Mistral |url=https://www.elcomercio.com/tendencias/cultura/vargas-llosa-recibe-orden-gabriela.html |access-date=14 April 2025 |website=El Comercio |language=es}}</ref>
:[[Pablo Neruda Order of Artistic and Cultural Merit]] (2018)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/cultura/premios/ministerio-de-las-culturas-entrego-orden-al-merito-pablo-neruda-a-mario/2018-05-02/182415.html |title=Ministerio de las Culturas entregó Orden al Mérito Pablo Neruda a Mario Vargas Llosa |trans-title=Ministry of Culture Presents Pablo Neruda Order of Merit to Mario Vargas Llosa |publisher=[[Radio Cooperativa]] |language=es |date=2 May 2018 |access-date=8 January 2019}}</ref>
* Dominican Republic
:Grand Cross with Silver Star of the [[Order of Christopher Columbus]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Presidente Fernández otorga Orden Heráldica de Cristóbal Colón a Vargas Llosa |url=https://noticiassin.com/presidente-fernandez-otorga-orden-heraldica-de-cristobal-colon-a-vargas-llosa-9628/ |access-date=14 April 2025 |website=Noticias SIN |language=es-ES}}</ref>
* France
:Chevalier of the [[Legion of Honour]]<ref name="dw">{{cite web |last1=Breitenbach |first1=Dagmar |title=Adiós a Mario Vargas Llosa, escritor brillante y cosmopolita – DW – 14/04/2025 |url=https://www.dw.com/es/adi%C3%B3s-a-mario-vargas-llosa-escritor-brillante-y-cosmopolita/a-72235953 |website=dw.com |publisher=Deutsche Welle |access-date=14 April 2025 |language=es |date=13 April 2025}}</ref>
:Commander of the [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]]<ref name="af">{{cite web |title=Mario VARGAS LLOSA {{!}} Académie française |url=https://www.academie-francaise.fr/les-immortels/mario-vargas-llosa |website=www.academie-francaise.fr |publisher=Académie française |access-date=14 April 2025}}</ref>
* Mexico
:Commander (''Placa'') of the [[Order of the Aztec Eagle]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 March 2011 |title=Vargas Llosa recibe la Orden del Águila Azteca |url=https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/arteseideas/Vargas-Llosa-recibe-la-Orden-del-Aguila-Azteca-20110304-0032.html |access-date=14 April 2025 |website=El Economista}}</ref>
* Nicaragua
:Grand Cross with Silver Star of the [[Order of Rubén Darío]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Leon |first=Ariel |date=3 January 2006 |title=Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa speaks after receiving Nicaragua's highest cultural award, the Ruben Dario Cultural Order, during a ceremony in Managua, Nicaragua on Tuesday Jan. 3, 2006. (AP Photo/Ariel Leon Stock Photo – Alamy |url=https://www.alamy.com/peruvian-author-mario-vargas-llosa-speaks-after-receiving-nicaraguas-highest-cultural-award-the-ruben-dario-cultural-order-during-a-ceremony-in-managua-nicaragua-on-tuesday-jan-3-2006-ap-photoariel-leon-image541859196.html |access-date= |website=Alamy |language=en}}</ref>
* Peru
:Member of the [[Peruvian Academy of Language]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mario Vargas Llosa |url=https://apl.org.pe/academicos-de-numero/mario-vargas-llosa/ |access-date=14 April 2025 |website=APL (Acadèmia Peruana de la Llengua) |language=es}}</ref>
:Grand Cross with Diamonds of the [[Order of the Sun of Peru]]<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=9 March 2023 |title=Vargas Llosa es condecorado con la Orden del Sol del Perú y expresa su apoyo a Boluarte |url=https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20230309/vargas-llosa-recibe-condecoracion-orden-sol-peru/2430806.shtml |access-date=14 April 2025 |website=RTVE |language=es}}</ref>
:2011 – Grand Cross of the Medal of Honour of the [[National University of San Marcos]], his ''alma mater''.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=31 March 2011 |title=Peru's San Marcos University honored Vargas Llosa |url=https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia.aspx?id=350942 |access-date=14 April 2025 |website=ANDINA. Empresa Peruana de Servicios Editoriales S. A. |language=es}}</ref>
* Panama
:Grand Cross of the [[Order of Vasco Núñez de Balboa]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 November 2011 |title=Mario Vargas Llosa recibe condecoración en Panamá |url=https://www.larepublica.pe/22-11-2011/mario-vargas-llosa-recibe-condecoracion-en-panama |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630114151/http://www.larepublica.pe/22-11-2011/mario-vargas-llosa-recibe-condecoracion-en-pana |archive-date=30 June 2013 |access-date=14 April 2025 |website=LaRepublica.pe}}</ref>
* Philippines
:Honorary Professor, bestowed by the University of Santo Tomas, Manila<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malgapu |first=Hans |date=7 November 2016 |title=UST confers honorary professor title upon Nobel Laureate |url=https://www.ust.edu.ph/ust-confers-honorary-professor-title-upon-nobel-laureate/ |access-date=14 April 2025 |website=University of Santo Tomas |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Spain
:Hereditary [[Marquisate of Vargas Llosa|Marquessate of Vargas Llosa]], bestowed by King [[Juan Carlos I of Spain]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 February 2011 |title=El Rey nombra marqueses a Vargas Llosa y Vicente del Bosque |url=https://www.rtve.es/deportes/20110204/rey-nombra-marques-a-vicente-del-bosque/401157.shtml |access-date=14 April 2025 |website=RTVE |language=es}}</ref>
:Member of the [[Royal Spanish Academy]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 January 2024 |title=Mario Vargas Llosa |url=https://www.rae.es/academico/mario-vargas-llosa |access-date=14 April 2025 |website=Real Academia Española |language=es}}</ref>
:Gold Medal of the [[Community of Madrid]]<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2 May 2015 |title=Vargas Llosa y el Teatro Real reciben la Medalla de Oro del Dos de Mayo |url=https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20150502/vargas-llosa-teatro-real-reciben-medalla-oro-del-dos-mayo/1137901.shtml |access-date=14 April 2025 |website=RTVE.es |language=es}}</ref>
* Romania
:Doctor Honoris Causa, bestowed by the [[Babeș-Bolyai University|Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca]], Romania, in 2013<ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.ubbcluj.ro/en/the-doctor-honoris-causa-gallery-of-babes-bolyai-university-beginning-with-1873 | title=The Doctor Honoris Causa Gallery of Babeș-Bolyai University, Starting 1873 | date=26 June 2020 }}</ref>

=== Awards ===
[[File:Verleihung des Freiheitspreises 2008 0411.jpg|thumb|Mario Vargas Llosa (2008)]]
* [[Rómulo Gallegos Prize]] (Venezuela, 1967)<ref name=GallegosPrize/>
* [[Prince of Asturias Award for Literature]] (Spain, 1986)<ref>{{cite web|title=Mario Vargas Llosa and Rafael Lapesa, Prince of Asturias Award for Literature 1986|work=The Princess of Asturias Foundation |publisher=Prince of Asturias Foundation|url=https://www.fpa.es/en/princess-of-asturias-awards/laureates/1986-mario-vargas-llosa-and-rafael-lapesa-melgar.html|access-date=9 November 2019|archive-date=9 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191109191850/https://www.fpa.es/en/princess-of-asturias-awards/laureates/1986-mario-vargas-llosa-and-rafael-lapesa-melgar.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Max Schmidheiny]] Freedom Prize (Switzerland, 1988)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Max Schmidheiny-Stiftung {{!}} Freedom Prize 1979–2003 |url=https://www.max-schmidheiny.foundation/page/en/freiheitspreis/ |access-date=14 April 2025 |website=www.max-schmidheiny.foundation}}</ref>
* [[Miguel de Cervantes Prize]] (Spain, 1994)<ref name="cervantes" />
* [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] (Sweden, 2010)<ref name=":6" />
* [[St. Louis Literary Award]] from the Saint Louis University Library Associates (United States, 2011)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.slu.edu/libraries/associates/award.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823003924/http://www.slu.edu/libraries/associates/award.html|url-status=dead|title=Website of St. Louis Literary Award|archive-date=23 August 2016}}</ref>
* [[Carlos Fuentes International Prize for Literary Creation in the Spanish Language]] (Mexico, 2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/entertainment/2012/10/15/mario-vargas-llosa-wins-inaugural-carlos-fuentes-prize/|title=Mario Vargas Llosa wins Inaugural Carlos Fuentes Prize|date=15 October 2012|publisher=[[Fox News|Latino Fox News]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018171958/http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/entertainment/2012/10/15/mario-vargas-llosa-wins-inaugural-carlos-fuentes-prize/|archive-date=18 October 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=15 October 2012}}</ref>
* {{ill|Pedro Henríquez Ureña International Prize|es|Premio Internacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña}} (Dominican Republic, 2016)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cultura.gob.do/escritor-mario-vargas-llosa-acepta-recibir-premio-internacional-pedro-henriquez-urena-2016/|title=Escritor Mario Vargas Llosa acepta recibir Premio Internacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña 2016|publisher=Ministerio de Cultura|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318003848/http://cultura.gob.do/escritor-mario-vargas-llosa-acepta-recibir-premio-internacional-pedro-henriquez-urena-2016/|archive-date=18 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Invited commencement addresses ===
* 1992 – Boston University<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bu.edu/timeline/category/commencement/page/4/|title=Commencement » Timeline &#124; Boston University|website=www.bu.edu}}</ref>