Interviews Sep 01 1993 An Interview with Mario Vargas Llosa Mario Vargas Llosa has distinguished himself as short story writer, critic, essayist, journalist, radio and television personality and–most prominently–as noveelist. This interview with Mario Vargas Llosa was conducted in October 1992 for the American Audio Prose Library by Elzbieta Sklodowska, professor of Latin American literature at Washington University.