Peru

Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel Prize in Literature

Expert:

Dr. James English

Director, Penn Humanities Forum

University of Pennsylvania

Credentials:

• Author of “The Economy of Prestige: Prizes, Awards and the Circulation of Cultural Value”

 • Has taught a range of courses in 20th-century literature and culture, from general surveys of modernist and postmodernist literature to advanced seminars in globalization and critical theory.

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