Vargas Llosa
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8.2
- proper noun
- /ˈvɑrɡəs ˈjoʊsə/
- Mario Vargas Llosa received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2010 for his profound contributions to the literary world.
- Mario Vargas Llosa
Examples
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I am hardly the first person to call this phenomenon to wide attention: Mario Vargas Llosa did so at some depth in his political memoir A Fish in the Water, and more recently in Making Waves, a collection of his essays.
Academic text (1997) -
Perhaps that was most clearly seen in Peru itself, where Mario Vargas Llosa was at the forefront of this renaissance in 1990.
Academic text (1997) -
Many students study the works of Vargas Llosa to understand contemporary Latin American literature.
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In his novel, Vargas Llosa explores complex themes of power and identity through richly developed characters.
Synonyms
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7.5
A Peruvian writer and journalist known for novels and political work
Surface Forms
Morphology
Vargas + Llosa
This is a personal name (a referential proper noun) whose meaning—the identity of the Peruvian novelist and Nobel laureate—cannot be inferred from the constituent parts. The elements 'Vargas' and 'Llosa' have no independent lexical definitions here, and proper names are language-specific referents rather than compositional phrases, so a B1 learner knowing the parts would not derive the full meaning.
Etymology
Vargas Llosa is the two family names of Mario Vargas Llosa, a Peruvian writer who uses both his father's name Vargas and his mother's name Llosa. Because he became very famous and won the 'Nobel Prize in Literature', the name now refers to that well-known 'author' and his books.