WHY LITERATURE? by Mario Vargas Llosa Flashcards
(7 cards)
Who is Mario Vargas Llosa?
He is a Peruvian Spanish writer whose commitment to social change is evident in his novels, plays, and essays.
In what year, Llosa was rewarded with Nobel Prize in Literature “for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual’s resistance, revolt, and defeat.”?
2010
What is the meaning of Nobel?
Encouragement of persons who work for the interests of humanity.
The Nobel Prize is established by the will of _____________.
Alfred Nobel
What are the names/categories that an individual can win in Nobel Prize? (clue: 6 categories
Physics, Literature, Medicine, Physiology, Peace and Economics
She is a Filipino-American author and a fearless journalist/defender of independent journalism and freedom of expression in the Philippines who became the recipient of _______.
Maria Ressa/Maria Angelita Ressa, 2021
What category din Maria Ressa won?
Peace
