Guests at the event included two former Spanish prime ministers, the Socialist Felipe González and the conservative José María AznarBut the Nobel winner has postponed his plans for evening sea-gazing.
Famous facesOther famous faces at the event included two former Spanish prime ministers, the Socialist Felipe González and the conservative José María Aznar, as well as Colombian ex-president Álvaro Uribe and ex-Chilean president Sebastián Piñera.
In a speech of his own, Vargas Llosa thanked everyone who came to Madrid to celebrate with him, especially those who came from far away.
At a birthday party with 400 guests that included former heads of government, Vargas Llosa received the dog as a gift from his partner, Isabel Preysler.
Sitting with Vargas Llosa at his table were his publishers, Nuria Cabutí of Random House and Pilar Reyes of Alfaguara; EL PAÍS chairman Juan Luis Cebrián and editor-in-chief Antonio Caño; Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk and Gregorio Marañón, president of the Teatro Real, the Madrid opera house on whose board Vargas Llosa sits.
Fuente: http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/03/29/inenglish/1459252007_317858.html
