Writers
Jaime Bayly
Jaime Bayly: Peruvian writer and host of El francotirador. His age, his books, his life with Silvia Núñez del Arco and what he is doing in 2026.
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Writers and poets: their books, the prizes they won and the place their work holds in Latin American literature.
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Mario Vargas Llosa
Mario Vargas Llosa was a Peruvian-Spanish writer, 2010 Nobel laureate in Literature and a key figure of the Latin American Boom. Explore his life and work.
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Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende was born in Lima, has sold millions of books and saw a series premiere on Prime Video. Learn her age, story, works and new book of 2026.
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Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges went blind while directing a library of nearly a million books and never won the Nobel Prize. His life, stories and years in Geneva.
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Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda won the Nobel Prize in 1971 and died twelve days after Chile’s coup. Explore his life, real name and the investigation into his death.
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Julio Ramón Ribeyro
Julio Ramón Ribeyro wrote more than a hundred stories and won the Juan Rulfo Prize in the year he died. Explore his works and life in Paris.
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Gabo
Gabriel García Márquez created Macondo, won the Nobel Prize and sold millions of copies of Cien años de soledad. Explore his life, works and legacy.
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César Vallejo
César Vallejo wrote that he would die in Paris, and he did. Explore his life, books, the Trujillo prison where he wrote Trilce and his final years.
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José María Arguedas
José María Arguedas grew up among Quechua speakers and wrote Los ríos profundos. Explore his life, books, anthropological work and final years.
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CoHo
Colleen Hoover went from self-publishing to topping bestseller lists thanks to BookTok. Learn about her age, life, books and new dark novel of 2026.
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El Conde de Lemos
Abraham Valdelomar wrote El Caballero Carmelo and died at 31 after a fall. Explore his life, the magazine Colónida and his impact on Peruvian literature.
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Ricardo Palma
Ricardo Palma created the Peruvian Traditions and rebuilt Peru’s National Library by asking for donated books. Explore his life and works.