Julia Urquidi Illanes
Julia Urquidi Illanes was the first major love of renowned Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, whom he married in 1955 after a scandalous relationship that began when she was 29 and recently divorced, and he was just 19. Their tumultuous marriage lasted nine years and ended in 1964 when Vargas Llosa left her for his cousin Patricia Llosa, a situation that further strained his already difficult relationship with his family.
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Ireland:
Vargas Llosa eloped with Julia Urquidi Illanes, his uncle’s sister-in-law, who was 29.
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Brazil:
Julia Urquidi Illanes was Mario Vargas Llosa's first wife and described their relationship as 'bizarre'.
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Liechtenstein:
Julia Urquidi Illanes was the first great love of Mario Vargas Llosa and his political aunt.
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