The strange case of the Nobel Prize for Literature and Social

In July 2015, Spain (and half the world) broke the news that Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature, had an affair with the Queen of Coated Paper, Isabel Preysler, ex-wife of Julio Iglesias (and mother of his three children). adults), the Marquis Grignon, and finally the widow of Miguel Boyer, Minister of Economy under Felipe Gonzalez. It must be said that it is a serious enough affair for the writer, quick as the wind, to move on with the new chosen one in his heart. While many wondered how such a union between high literature and the so-called essence of the absurd was possible, many were dumbfounded by the fact that Vargas Llosa had renounced a half-century marriage to Patricia Llosa without a period of disgust.

Spanish journalist and writer Rosa Pereda, a friend of the former couple, recalls the amazement caused by the news, “which fell like a bomb”. Weeks ago, “Mario and Patricia celebrated their golden birthday with a big dinner, surrounded by friends, children and grandchildren.” He adds, “For Patricia it was a huge shock. We always knew that Mario was a seducer but no one was ready for a unilateral decision like that.”