The Nobel Prize for Literature, who resides in Spain, was admitted to a clinic in Madrid due to “some complications related” to the disease, according to a brief statement last Friday by his children Álvaro, Gonzalo and Morgana.
“MVLL defeated covid. Now, home to continue with the recovery. Thanks to the science that saves lives and the medical staff for their dedication. We will always be very grateful to them. They have been fighting this pandemic for years. All our admiration for you” , reads the message published today on Twitter.
It is accompanied by a photo in which Vargas Llosa is seen, smiling, together with his three children, apparently still in the clinic, but dressed in street clothes.
Shortly after, Morgana also posted a photo of a note handwritten by her father, thanking the medical staff for their care.
The Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) postponed the act scheduled for last Tuesday in which Vargas Llosa was going to talk with the director of the entity, Santiago Muñoz Machado, about his book “Cervantes” and that was going to mark the beginning of the Week Cervantina, on the occasion of the awarding of the Cervantes Prize.
Vargas Llosa (Arequipa, Peru, 1936) has, in addition to the Nobel Prize awarded in 2010, other recognitions such as the Cervantes Prize in 1994 and the Prince of Asturias Award for Letters in 1986, and is the author of works such as “The City and the Dogs” (1963 ) and “The Feast of the Goat” (2000).
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