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Mario Vargas Llosa wins Nobel Literature Prize. 7 October 2010Last updated at 22:02 Mario Vargas Llosa : "At first I thought, but what if this is a joke? " Peruvian Mario Vargas Llosa, one of the most acclaimed writers in the Spanish-speaking world, has been awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize for literature. The Swedish Academy hailed "his cartography of structures of power" and "trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat. " The 74-year-old has written more than 30 novels, plays and essays.
He is the first South American winner of the prize since 1982 when it went to Colombian Gabriel Garcia Marquez. In the previous six years, the academy awarded the 10 million kronor (£938,000) prize to five Europeans and one Turk, sparking criticism that it was too Euro-centric. The Swedish Academy's Peter Englund said Vargas Llosa was "a divinely gifted story-teller," whose writing touched the reader. 'Total surprise' Mr Englund added that the writer was in New York and was told by telephone that he had won the prize. Burnt copies.