Cultural events

Mario Vargas Llosa: 400th Anniversary of the Publication of Don Quijote

lecture

Mario Vargas Llosa will give this talk as part of the current ´From Fool to Hero. 400 Years of Don Quijote` exhibition at the British Library. Mario Vargas Llosa, novelist, playwright, essayist, journalist, literary critic and one of the central writers in the Hispanic world. He has received several prestigious literary awards, including the Leopoldo Alas Prize (1959), Rómulo Gallegos Prize (1967), National Critics'' Prize (1967), Peruvian National Prize (1967), Critics'' Annual Prize for Theatre (1981), Prince of Asturias Prize (1986) and Miguel de Cervantes Prize (1994).