Julia Urquidi

Julia Urquidi Illanes (30 May 1926 – 10 March 2010) was a Bolivian writer.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Urquidi and the second or maternal family name is Illanes.

Life

Urquidi was born in Cochabamba. She was famous as the first wife of Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa (1955-1964) and also the namesake of one of his most famous novels, Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter.[1]

In 1983 she published her memories titled Lo que Varguitas no dijo (English: What Varguitas did not say).[2]

She died in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, aged 83.

References
  1. Castro-Klarén 1990, p. 9
  2. La Tía Julia sin el Escribidor, El País, 03.06.1990


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