Durga Prasai, who was made the commander of the royalist movement last month, compared herself to Gonzalo, it was a very funny episode. However, there was little interest in Gonzalo, the famous guerilla leader of the nineties. In the Nepali communist circle, there was a character who was once proudly named as an example of dedication and loyalty in the armed struggle - Gonzalo, a leader associated with the 'Signing Path' of the South American country of Peru. Following the 'signing path', the Maoist party of Nepal also entered the war after a decade in the same style.

During the conflict at that time, this issue of the Latin American country Peru was raised. This country shares the Amazon forest with Brazil. Paulo Coelho, a Brazilian writer, is also a popular writer among our youth. However, there is no such discussion in the neighboring country of Peru, nor is there much discussion in our geography about its literature and culture. That's why our world is oblivious to the death of the Nobel-winning author. Sir! Case in point, the Peruvian storyteller Mario Vargas Losa, who passed away last week. 

Narayan Dhakal is the leading Nepali writer who looks at the writing landscape of Latin American geography. Colombian author Marquez became his most read and most discussed author. In addition to that, Losa is sometimes included in Dhakal's essays and formal debates and informal visits. Speaking about Losa in a recent conversation, Dhakal said, "Losa is readable." His favorite novel is 'The Storyteller'. He has told the story of the nature-worshipping Machiguyen tribe of the Amazon forest in an interesting manner. Sometimes Christian missionaries come, sometimes communists and sometimes liberals, talking about their rights and modernizing them. This reference can be found in an unstable and leader-centered political environment like ours.' 

Like Franz Kafka, Losa is being tortured by his father. His father kept torturing him indiscriminately. He thought that writing was not a reliable profession and his intention was that his son should not enter this field. Despite his father's non-cooperation, he devoted himself to studying literature and writing, writing became a means of resistance for him. After the

, the dictatorial rulers of Peru became an extended version of his father. As they gradually transformed into characters in his narratives, this form of resistance began to increase his popularity. His rebellion was not only limited to Peru, but the foreign rulers also became his targets. This is how 'The Feast of the Goat' was born. The theme of the novel is the rise and fall of the dictator Rafael Trujillo of the Dominican Republic and the chaos and chaos that followed. 

Losa was going to the Amazon region of Peru. Some of his other novels were written in the same geography and Bhavbhoomi. 'The Storyteller', 'The Green House', 'Captain Pantoja' are in this background. 'Death in the Andes' is his powerful political narrative, written in the shadow of the guerrilla war waged by Peru's 'Signing Path'. 'Who Killed Palomano Molero' is its predecessor, where a violent conflict takes place. 'Aunt Julia and the Script Writer' is a partial narration of her rich life. A close relative was Julia, a decade older than him. He fell in love with her, he lived with her, but this relationship did not last long. However, she became the energy that gave birth to the novel Julia. Later, a movie was made on it under the title 'Tune in Tomorrow', and it was widely discussed in Hollywood. His novel is full of humor and humor. In his later narrations, the humor could not come like that. Defending it, Losa used to say - in a serious historical and political background, humor lightens the subject, it becomes a joke. 

There are also talented artists and writers who seek neutrality in their creations by staying away from their geography. This is how long it took for those who left the country to reach Paris in France. Losa also joined this group. During that stay, his first novel was born, 'The Time of the Hero'. During his stay in Paris, he has written the painful experience of being forced into compulsory military service in his youth. His last novel 'The Wild Girl' is also set in Paris. He was a dominant writer who traveled to different geographies such as Spain, Dominican Republic, Tahiti and wrote stories. In the eyes of Gabriel Vasquez, another Colombian writer who came to Paris to escape the magical influence of Marquez, Llosa's time in Paris was very fertile. 

British writer TS Eliot has an essay - 'Tradition and Individual Talent'. In it he discusses the influence of writers before him. His intention is that while writing a poem, one should remember the poems of poets from Homer to Shakespeare and below, only then one can create something original without being influenced by them. This is especially true of Losa. He was a very prolific writer. He was very disciplined about writing. He had regular writing like Pamuk. He was never available for phone calls and appointments. He did not become a writer because of Lahad. There was constant practice and dedication. He used to study and research a lot while writing. Losa was a challenge to beat the sting of ignorance without reading a book even once. 

Cervantes' brave but rebellious character lives in the veins of Latin American writers. This is the direct influence of Cervantes – adventurism appears in every Latin writer in one form or another. As a teenager, Losa was greatly influenced by the saga of the communist rebels in Peru. Fidel Castro was enthralled by the Cuban Revolution. He read Sartre a lot but later became disillusioned with communist philosophy and thinkers and philosophers. His attachment to Kamu remained. He had a special love of reading 19th century writers. Flaubert, Balzac, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Stendhal, Hawthorne, Dickens, Melville: these writers he read with interest. Along with the American writer Faulkner, Borges of Latin geography was his favorite author. We also have a strong opinion that narratives are good reading, and non-narratives are read after becoming mature. However, for a storyteller like Losa, the borderline between narrative and non-narrative, reality and fantasy cannot be drawn. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2010. While giving his speech, he said, "Without narrative, the importance of freedom of life cannot be understood. It is not even known that any violent dictator, any ideological group or religious sect trampled freedom and made hell easily.' Why write? Authors have their own opinions in this regard. George Orwell used to say that he could not sit still without writing after seeing the roots of chaos and inconsistency. Losa's opinion was - I write because I am not happy. For him, writing is a tool to deal with unhappiness. "The first priority in life is to write, not to live," it seems as if this writer was born to write. 

Most of Losa's novels have been made into movies. In the beginning, he did journalism, he easily gained access to various topics and fields. There are about one and a half dozen of his non-narratives. 'A Fish in the Water' and 'Letters to a Young Novelist' are somewhat stronger in terms of subject matter, presentation and impact. He also dabbled in drama, but his involvement in theater was not very effective. Politics was not limited to Llosa's writings, he entered the field in 1990, becoming a candidate for the presidency of Peru. However, there was a complete lack of political skill in him. He was defeated in the election by Alberto Fujimori, an agronomist of Japanese origin. Fujimori's long dictatorial rule continued in Peru. After the defeat, Cuban writer friend Guillermo Cabrella Efante said: If Llosa had won, Peru's political future could have been better, but literature would have been a total loss. Literature is for eternity, but politics is only a period. Losa went to Spain under the pain of defeat, and later settled there. He sat outside and watched Peru, expressing his displeasure. Although he stayed away from direct politics, he always remained a 'watchdog'. Llosa was part of the Latin American Boom group, which included writers such as Márquez. Marquez and his friendship were good before. Both have openly admired each other, but after an incident in 1976, they drifted apart. The two have not said anything about the incident, but according to eyewitnesses, Llosa's wife, Patricia Marquez, was a fan. At that time, Losa was in love with another girl. The same day the Marquez couple met, an excited Patricia reached out to hug Marquez. Llosa did not like the scene and punched Marquez in the face. 

In an interview, Losa was asked, 'How do you want to be remembered after death?' Losa's desire is to write like this on my grave - 'He lived his whole life, and loved literature the most.' There is a really broad dimension in his story. Digging into myth and history, he used contemporary political events as the basis of his narrative. Artists and musicians who were anonymous in the depths of the past were also placed in the center of the narrative. The parallel story of famous painter Paul Gauguin and his own grandmother is included in 'The Way to Paradise'. The stories collected in 'The Cubs and Other Stories' are equally poignant and funny. Even if you don't read his stories, listen to or read any interview, there is a reference to some painting, some cinema, some opera in the background. It is through this interaction that we connect with him, somehow.