Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, who enchanted readers with his intellectual rigor and lyrical prose for five decades and nearly became president of his country, died on Sunday aged 89.

The Peruvian-born writer died in Lima on Sunday. A leading Latin American author, he saw literature as a way of shaping consciences.

Peruvian writer and Nobel literature laureate Mario Vargas Llosa died on Sunday at the age of 89, his family announced on social media.