India, April 14 -- Nobel Prize winning Peruvian writer and politician Mario Vargas LLosa has died, his son Alvaro Vasgas Llosa revealed on X. He was 89.

It is with deep sorrow that we announce that our father, Mario Vargas LLosa, passed away peacefully in Lima today, surrounded by his family," Alvaro wrote. "His departure will sadden his relatives, his friends and his readers around the world, but we hope they will find comfort, as we do, in the fact that he enjoyed a long, adventurous and fruitful life, and leaves behind him a body of work that outlive him."

He added, "We will proceed in the coming hours and days in accordance with his instructions. No public ceremony will take place. Our mother, our children and ourselves trust that w...