Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate, dies at 89

FILE – Writer Mario Vargas Llosa speaks to reporters in New York, Oct. 7, 2010. (Seth Wenig/AP, File)

Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, a Nobel literature laureate and a giant of Latin American letters, has died, his son said on Sunday.

He was 89.