Prime Minister Gustavo Adrianzen highlighted the figure of Peruvian Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa, who passed away at the age of 89 last Sunday, as well as his legacy for posterity.
"We are aware that the body departs, but the work remains -a work that transcends Vargas Llosa’s personality here on Earth and will extend through future generations, serving as an example, as an inspiration, so that young people may see who Vargas Llosa was and what his work was," he told RPP Noticias on Monday.
Adrianzen emphasized that the acclaimed novelist was a defender of freedom, "the freedom that, precisely, characterizes man in his purest essence."
National mourning decree
The Prime Minister indicated that President Dina Boluarte made contact with the family of Mario Vargas Llosa immediately after the news of his passing was announced.
The Cabinet chief stressed that the regulation orders the national flag to be flown at half-mast as a sign of respect and mourning for his passing, both in public offices and on ships, military bases, among others, in tribute to the man who in life was our Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature.
Adrianzen also stated that the government fully respects the will of the author of 'The Time of the Hero' with respect to there being no public ceremony held to bid him farewell.
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