Mario Vargas Llosa

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

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1. When was Mario Vargas Llosa born?March 28, 1936
2. Where was Mario Vargas Llosa born?Arequipa, Peru
3. What is the career?Novelist, journalist, essayist, politician, public intellectual
4. Who is Mario Vargas Llosa?He is a famous writer from Peru who has written many books and won a big prize called the Nobel Prize in Literature.
5. What is the Latin American Boom?It was a time when many new writers from Latin America, like Vargas Llosa, wrote exciting books that were read all over the world.

Latin American Boom: A significant literary movement from the 1960s-1970s that brought international acclaim to Latin American writers through innovative storytelling and thematic depth.
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