LivinginPeru.com
Isabel Guerra

Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa won the International Essay Contest “
Caballero Bonald” Award, with his work “El viaje a la ficción” (A Trip to Fiction), which explores the world of the Uruguayan fiction writer Juan Carlos Onetti.
The jury acknowledged Vargas Llosa's essay as a very intense work on one of the greatest Latin American authors from the 20th Century.
More than 80 essays were submitted from Spain and Latin America to Caballero Bonald contest, which pays 30,000 Euros (approximately US $ 44,335 dollars).
Vargas Llosa admitted that he has always been fascinated by Onetti's fantastic universe, and he defines Onetti as one of the first modern authors in Spanish.
“I have enjoyed writing this book, trying to understand this author,” said Vargas Llosa.
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