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Congratulations and thanks to everyone who has helped in bringing this article up to FA status. It's a real achievement. -- jbmurray ( talk| contribs) 21:21, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
Is there any way to change the colour of the infobox from green to something else? I was looking at some of the other articles and they have gray ones. The green looked nice when it was a GA but now it's an FA! Lincolnchan98 ( talk) 07:13, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
The first paragraph of the lead section currently states that Vargas Llosa is considered one of Latin America's most significant novelists and essayists, and one of the leading authors of his generation. Some critics consider him to have had a larger international impact and world-wide audience than any other writer of the Latin American Boom. At the same time, the third paragraph of the lead mentions that Vargas Llosa is considered one of the major Latin American writers of all time, alongside other greats such as Julio Cortázar, Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriel García Márquez, and Carlos Fuentes.. It seems to me that this second assertion is redundant as it makes a similar claim to the one in the first paragraph; it even uses the same source as a reference. I think the above alluded sentence should be deleted or merged into the first paragraph. To compensate for this deletion it might be a good idea to merge the third and fourth paragraphs. -- Victor12 ( talk) 12:29, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
I have two citations if someone want to mention this in the text: [2] and Luigi Manzetti, Privatization South American Style, p.234. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1999, ISBN 0-1982-9466-2. Biruitorul ( talk) 06:55, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
OK, I've been sent three images by Vargas Llosa's personal assistant. I may need some help, however, explaining the rationale. I'm uploading one of them at the moment. -- jbmurray ( talk • contribs) 22:32, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
In the "Later life and political involvement" section, the article currently states that Vargas Llosa has identified himself with neoliberalism rather than extreme left-wing political ideologies ever since. It seems quite unlikely to me that Vargas Llosa has ever referred to himself as a neoliberal as he has often said that "neoliberal" is a derogatory term used by opponents of libertarianism. See for instance the following interview by the Argentine newspaper La Nación (in Spanish): Vargas Llosa: "Nunca he conocido a un neoliberal". It might be better to switch the term neoliberalism with libertarianism, which is the best equivalent of the Spanish liberalismo. -- Victor12 ( talk) 02:22, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
There is a parragraph that reads that Vargas Llosa and García Márquez have not spoken in the last 30 years, and it's quoted with note number 29. I consider that a myth, because five or six years ago, in the elegant neighborhood of Polanco in Mexico City, I saw them eating together along with their wives and joining them were Carlos Fuentes and Sylvia Lemus, as well as Héctor Aguilar Camin and Angeles Mastretta. It would be a good idea to confirm that quote. Otherwise, the rest of the article is very useful. Thanks!!! -- Ciudadana ( talk) 07:13, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
A few questions should be settled before an FA article spins into total chaos. Should the Nobel Prize have its own section? How long should it be? Where should it be placed? Lampman ( talk) 11:20, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
Here's a few things that could be included, whether it's a paragraph or a separate section:
Maybe you will find this more useful? - After the Nobel announcement on Thursday, Garcia Marquez - himself a Nobel laureate - tweeted: "cuentas iguales" ["now we're even" in Spanish]. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.45.65.76 ( talk) 20:30, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
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Are we sure that his father was a busdriver? A friend of mine told me that his father worked for the airline Panagra. -- Forich ( talk) 21:54, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
A long political article he wrote in 1990, available for free and just in time for Columbus Day. Someone with editing privileges please add as appropriate to external links or mention article in discussion of politics and then link in endnotes.
http://harpers.org/archive/1990/12/0007669 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vargasllosachange ( talk • contribs) 23:31, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
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In the Info box (upper right side), add to the Notable Awards:
Premio Cervantes 1994
because this is the maximum prize in the Spanish-speaking world, after the Nobel. Gisellas ( talk) 08:02, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Celestra ( talk) 14:33, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
Here's the proof of the Cervantes Prize 1994 http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/vargas-llosa-premio-nobel-2010/entrega-del-premio-cervantes-vargas-llosa/872215/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_de_Cervantes_Prize http://www.themanbookerprize.com/content/mario-vargas-llosa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11836694
why the nobel prize medal-picture has been removed from the top of the main article's photo? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.43.122.182 ( talk) 00:07, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
I'd like to extent my appreciation for those who brought this article to FA status. It's very nice to be able to show the best of Wikipedia in a current topic.
I and a few other Wikipedians over at Swedish Wikipedia have taken upon ourselves to translate this version to Swedish. We're only about two paragraphs from completion, though it will most likely require a good deal of proof reading. With a bit of luck, it might even become a Swedish utmärkt artikel before the official prize ceremony in December.
If anyone feels they have comments related to the translation or anything else, feel free to comment here.
Peter Isotalo 14:04, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
"He has supported moderate conservatives" in the introduction is very misleading.
He has supported both left wing and right wing candidates (including Brazil's left liberal Lula). He favors liberal candidates, both left and right. He opposes dictatorial politicians, both conservative and socialist. All this is stated here: Mario Vargas Llosa: ”Ryktet om den latinska liberalismens död är överdrivet” (Swedish).
He is a classical liberal. [3] That is essentially the same as market liberal, which is the same as "liberal" or "liberalist" in many European countries and a wider term than "libertarian", which in many European countries means a strict minarchist. Also " liberal democrat" is correct, although U.S. people tend to mix "liberal" with leftist, even though "liberal" originally meant the same as "market liberal". True, liberals originally (1789-1799)sat on the middle-left, whereas socialist including Robespierre and herbertists sat on the far left and conservatives on the right. -- Rebaha ( talk) 20:11, 16 October 2010 (UTC)
The names of some of the prizes mentioned in the "Impact" section are italicized, some not. Is this a meaningful difference, or a mistake? Bishonen | talk 13:25, 20 October 2010 (UTC).
Vargas Llosa's La Guerra del Fin del Mundo ( The War of the End of the World) was influenced by Os Sertões ( Rebellion in the Backlands), by the Brazilian sociologist Euclides da Cunha. See the studies by Leopoldo M. Bernucci, principally the first:
Kiefer.Wolfowitz ( talk) 19:45, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
He was a member of the jury at the 34th Berlin International Film Festival, but I'm not sure where this info should go in the article. Source here. Thanks. Lugnuts ( talk) 14:34, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
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There seems to be a slow edit war going on between a couple of IP editors regarding the mentioning of Vargas Llosa's citizenship in the lead. According to WP:OPENPARA, the opening paragraph should list among other things "the country of which the person is a citizen or national (according to each nationality law of the countries)". Since he has dual Peruvian-Spanish citizenship, I have reverted to the version listing this and will encourage the combatants to discuss the matter here if they object. Favonian ( talk) 21:25, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
The "dominant nationality" of Vargas Llosa is the peruvian one. The writer is peruvian by birth, he was candidate to the presidency of Perú in 1990, and even today, he uses his peruvian citizenship, for example, by voting in the latest peruvian general elections of april 10, 2011.-- 190.8.147.50 ( talk) 21:26, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
I realize I may not be correctly interpreting the use of the term "Middle Class" as used in the article, that the meaning may be different in a different country, etc.; however, is it really correct to say that he was "born into a middle class family?" He describes the house he lived in as a child as being HUGE; when he was a child he had several roomS; they were clearly very well politically-connected; and I believe they owned large amounts of land. It seems to me that they were literally wealthy; and could be described as "upper class" in terms of socioeconomic description. 69.127.212.149 ( talk) 16:36, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
Mayder Dravasa says here that Llosa won the Prix Formentor in 1964 for Time of the Hero. Other sources say it was won by Gisela Elsner for Die Riesenzwerge. It's a bit confusing as there was two prizes that the Formentor Group awarded, the Prix Formentor and the Prix International. They can sometimes both be confused as the 'Prix Formentor'. It's my understanding that Llosa didn't win it but came second. Do your sources concur? Your thoughts are appreciated. Best wishes Span ( talk) 07:57, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
I deleted a biased statement from the lead. It also violated two other rules by not being sourced and by not being discussed in the body of the article. Anything said in the lead is supposed to appear in the body.
The deleted statement said Vargas had supported moderate political parties until siding with the left-wing candidate over the right-wing candidate in the most recent election for president of Peru. This statement is actually flawed as prose because it's ambiguous whether the party descriptions are to be taken as restrictive or nonrestrictive. The more natural interpretation is restrictive. Under this interpretation, the editor is asserting that the left-wing is inherently less moderate than the right wing, which is crass POV. The alternative possible interpretation is that the descriptors "left-wing candidate" and "right-wing candidate" are description only as opposed to being the basis for determining which (if either) of the two candidates was more moderate. Then the fact that there was a candidate to the political left and one to the political right would be an incidental fact of this one election, not a generally determinative factor in all elections or even in all Peruvian elections. However, under this farfetched interpretation also, the statement is identifying one of the candidates as being more moderate, so it is still probably POV. At the very least, it is unsourced. Dale Chock ( talk) 20:38, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
I never heard of this famous writer until the past few months, since when his new book on the Irish patriot Roger Casement, The Dream of the Celt has received huge coverage. I had hoped this article might have some background to his interest in Casement. Would anybody be able to add something? 109.77.151.160 ( talk) 11:02, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
In the 'Later life and political involvement' section, this is not clear: 'With his appointment to the Investigatory Commission in 1983...' What Investigatory Comission? I supose it is common knowledge for peruvians, but not everyone is familiarized with it. Nowhere in that paragraph is there an explanation of that comission.-- Forich ( talk) 04:56, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
In 2004, Mario Vargas Llosa was invited to serve as a mentor for the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative, an international philanthropic programme that pairs masters in their disciplines with emerging talents for a year of one-to-one creative exchange. Out of a very gifted field of candidates, he chose Antonio García Ángel as his protégée. [1] RMP2014 ( talk) 13:39, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
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This is a well-written article, on an interesting author. However, I think it could need some tender & loving care. There are MOS and accessibility issues with the long lists of works and awards, as well as low-quality sources, such as IMDb. His more recent history (2010s) is rather poorly presented, with lists of trivial and insignificant incidents. We also have some dead links and poorly formated references. This should be able to amend, although it necessitates editors familiar with the sources. Eisfbnore (会話) 11:31, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
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Congratulations and thanks to everyone who has helped in bringing this article up to FA status. It's a real achievement. -- jbmurray ( talk| contribs) 21:21, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
Is there any way to change the colour of the infobox from green to something else? I was looking at some of the other articles and they have gray ones. The green looked nice when it was a GA but now it's an FA! Lincolnchan98 ( talk) 07:13, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
The first paragraph of the lead section currently states that Vargas Llosa is considered one of Latin America's most significant novelists and essayists, and one of the leading authors of his generation. Some critics consider him to have had a larger international impact and world-wide audience than any other writer of the Latin American Boom. At the same time, the third paragraph of the lead mentions that Vargas Llosa is considered one of the major Latin American writers of all time, alongside other greats such as Julio Cortázar, Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriel García Márquez, and Carlos Fuentes.. It seems to me that this second assertion is redundant as it makes a similar claim to the one in the first paragraph; it even uses the same source as a reference. I think the above alluded sentence should be deleted or merged into the first paragraph. To compensate for this deletion it might be a good idea to merge the third and fourth paragraphs. -- Victor12 ( talk) 12:29, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
I have two citations if someone want to mention this in the text: [2] and Luigi Manzetti, Privatization South American Style, p.234. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1999, ISBN 0-1982-9466-2. Biruitorul ( talk) 06:55, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
OK, I've been sent three images by Vargas Llosa's personal assistant. I may need some help, however, explaining the rationale. I'm uploading one of them at the moment. -- jbmurray ( talk • contribs) 22:32, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
In the "Later life and political involvement" section, the article currently states that Vargas Llosa has identified himself with neoliberalism rather than extreme left-wing political ideologies ever since. It seems quite unlikely to me that Vargas Llosa has ever referred to himself as a neoliberal as he has often said that "neoliberal" is a derogatory term used by opponents of libertarianism. See for instance the following interview by the Argentine newspaper La Nación (in Spanish): Vargas Llosa: "Nunca he conocido a un neoliberal". It might be better to switch the term neoliberalism with libertarianism, which is the best equivalent of the Spanish liberalismo. -- Victor12 ( talk) 02:22, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
There is a parragraph that reads that Vargas Llosa and García Márquez have not spoken in the last 30 years, and it's quoted with note number 29. I consider that a myth, because five or six years ago, in the elegant neighborhood of Polanco in Mexico City, I saw them eating together along with their wives and joining them were Carlos Fuentes and Sylvia Lemus, as well as Héctor Aguilar Camin and Angeles Mastretta. It would be a good idea to confirm that quote. Otherwise, the rest of the article is very useful. Thanks!!! -- Ciudadana ( talk) 07:13, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
A few questions should be settled before an FA article spins into total chaos. Should the Nobel Prize have its own section? How long should it be? Where should it be placed? Lampman ( talk) 11:20, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
Here's a few things that could be included, whether it's a paragraph or a separate section:
Maybe you will find this more useful? - After the Nobel announcement on Thursday, Garcia Marquez - himself a Nobel laureate - tweeted: "cuentas iguales" ["now we're even" in Spanish]. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.45.65.76 ( talk) 20:30, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
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Are we sure that his father was a busdriver? A friend of mine told me that his father worked for the airline Panagra. -- Forich ( talk) 21:54, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
A long political article he wrote in 1990, available for free and just in time for Columbus Day. Someone with editing privileges please add as appropriate to external links or mention article in discussion of politics and then link in endnotes.
http://harpers.org/archive/1990/12/0007669 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vargasllosachange ( talk • contribs) 23:31, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
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In the Info box (upper right side), add to the Notable Awards:
Premio Cervantes 1994
because this is the maximum prize in the Spanish-speaking world, after the Nobel. Gisellas ( talk) 08:02, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Celestra ( talk) 14:33, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
Here's the proof of the Cervantes Prize 1994 http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/vargas-llosa-premio-nobel-2010/entrega-del-premio-cervantes-vargas-llosa/872215/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_de_Cervantes_Prize http://www.themanbookerprize.com/content/mario-vargas-llosa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11836694
why the nobel prize medal-picture has been removed from the top of the main article's photo? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.43.122.182 ( talk) 00:07, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
I'd like to extent my appreciation for those who brought this article to FA status. It's very nice to be able to show the best of Wikipedia in a current topic.
I and a few other Wikipedians over at Swedish Wikipedia have taken upon ourselves to translate this version to Swedish. We're only about two paragraphs from completion, though it will most likely require a good deal of proof reading. With a bit of luck, it might even become a Swedish utmärkt artikel before the official prize ceremony in December.
If anyone feels they have comments related to the translation or anything else, feel free to comment here.
Peter Isotalo 14:04, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
"He has supported moderate conservatives" in the introduction is very misleading.
He has supported both left wing and right wing candidates (including Brazil's left liberal Lula). He favors liberal candidates, both left and right. He opposes dictatorial politicians, both conservative and socialist. All this is stated here: Mario Vargas Llosa: ”Ryktet om den latinska liberalismens död är överdrivet” (Swedish).
He is a classical liberal. [3] That is essentially the same as market liberal, which is the same as "liberal" or "liberalist" in many European countries and a wider term than "libertarian", which in many European countries means a strict minarchist. Also " liberal democrat" is correct, although U.S. people tend to mix "liberal" with leftist, even though "liberal" originally meant the same as "market liberal". True, liberals originally (1789-1799)sat on the middle-left, whereas socialist including Robespierre and herbertists sat on the far left and conservatives on the right. -- Rebaha ( talk) 20:11, 16 October 2010 (UTC)
The names of some of the prizes mentioned in the "Impact" section are italicized, some not. Is this a meaningful difference, or a mistake? Bishonen | talk 13:25, 20 October 2010 (UTC).
Vargas Llosa's La Guerra del Fin del Mundo ( The War of the End of the World) was influenced by Os Sertões ( Rebellion in the Backlands), by the Brazilian sociologist Euclides da Cunha. See the studies by Leopoldo M. Bernucci, principally the first:
Kiefer.Wolfowitz ( talk) 19:45, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
He was a member of the jury at the 34th Berlin International Film Festival, but I'm not sure where this info should go in the article. Source here. Thanks. Lugnuts ( talk) 14:34, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
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There seems to be a slow edit war going on between a couple of IP editors regarding the mentioning of Vargas Llosa's citizenship in the lead. According to WP:OPENPARA, the opening paragraph should list among other things "the country of which the person is a citizen or national (according to each nationality law of the countries)". Since he has dual Peruvian-Spanish citizenship, I have reverted to the version listing this and will encourage the combatants to discuss the matter here if they object. Favonian ( talk) 21:25, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
The "dominant nationality" of Vargas Llosa is the peruvian one. The writer is peruvian by birth, he was candidate to the presidency of Perú in 1990, and even today, he uses his peruvian citizenship, for example, by voting in the latest peruvian general elections of april 10, 2011.-- 190.8.147.50 ( talk) 21:26, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
I realize I may not be correctly interpreting the use of the term "Middle Class" as used in the article, that the meaning may be different in a different country, etc.; however, is it really correct to say that he was "born into a middle class family?" He describes the house he lived in as a child as being HUGE; when he was a child he had several roomS; they were clearly very well politically-connected; and I believe they owned large amounts of land. It seems to me that they were literally wealthy; and could be described as "upper class" in terms of socioeconomic description. 69.127.212.149 ( talk) 16:36, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
Mayder Dravasa says here that Llosa won the Prix Formentor in 1964 for Time of the Hero. Other sources say it was won by Gisela Elsner for Die Riesenzwerge. It's a bit confusing as there was two prizes that the Formentor Group awarded, the Prix Formentor and the Prix International. They can sometimes both be confused as the 'Prix Formentor'. It's my understanding that Llosa didn't win it but came second. Do your sources concur? Your thoughts are appreciated. Best wishes Span ( talk) 07:57, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
I deleted a biased statement from the lead. It also violated two other rules by not being sourced and by not being discussed in the body of the article. Anything said in the lead is supposed to appear in the body.
The deleted statement said Vargas had supported moderate political parties until siding with the left-wing candidate over the right-wing candidate in the most recent election for president of Peru. This statement is actually flawed as prose because it's ambiguous whether the party descriptions are to be taken as restrictive or nonrestrictive. The more natural interpretation is restrictive. Under this interpretation, the editor is asserting that the left-wing is inherently less moderate than the right wing, which is crass POV. The alternative possible interpretation is that the descriptors "left-wing candidate" and "right-wing candidate" are description only as opposed to being the basis for determining which (if either) of the two candidates was more moderate. Then the fact that there was a candidate to the political left and one to the political right would be an incidental fact of this one election, not a generally determinative factor in all elections or even in all Peruvian elections. However, under this farfetched interpretation also, the statement is identifying one of the candidates as being more moderate, so it is still probably POV. At the very least, it is unsourced. Dale Chock ( talk) 20:38, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
I never heard of this famous writer until the past few months, since when his new book on the Irish patriot Roger Casement, The Dream of the Celt has received huge coverage. I had hoped this article might have some background to his interest in Casement. Would anybody be able to add something? 109.77.151.160 ( talk) 11:02, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
In the 'Later life and political involvement' section, this is not clear: 'With his appointment to the Investigatory Commission in 1983...' What Investigatory Comission? I supose it is common knowledge for peruvians, but not everyone is familiarized with it. Nowhere in that paragraph is there an explanation of that comission.-- Forich ( talk) 04:56, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
In 2004, Mario Vargas Llosa was invited to serve as a mentor for the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative, an international philanthropic programme that pairs masters in their disciplines with emerging talents for a year of one-to-one creative exchange. Out of a very gifted field of candidates, he chose Antonio García Ángel as his protégée. [1] RMP2014 ( talk) 13:39, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
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This is a well-written article, on an interesting author. However, I think it could need some tender & loving care. There are MOS and accessibility issues with the long lists of works and awards, as well as low-quality sources, such as IMDb. His more recent history (2010s) is rather poorly presented, with lists of trivial and insignificant incidents. We also have some dead links and poorly formated references. This should be able to amend, although it necessitates editors familiar with the sources. Eisfbnore (会話) 11:31, 16 May 2020 (UTC)