Nobel winner’s latest novel based on Irish nationalist Casement

A PERUVIAN author whose latest novel is based on the life of Irish nationalist Roger Casement has been awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in literature.

Mario Vargas Llosa is one of the most acclaimed writers in the Spanish-speaking world but he also braved the violence and political divisions of his homeland to run for president. He has written more than 30 novels, plays and essays, including Conversation in the Cathedral and The Green House.

Vargas Llosa travelled to Banna Strand, in Co Kerry, to research El Sueno del Celta (The Dream of the Celt), due to be published in Spanish next month.