Mario Vargas Llosa: Mario Vargas Llosa: the ‘Rolling Stone’ of Spanish-language literature

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