LIMA (AFP) - Peruvian author and one-time presidential candidate Mario Vargas Llosa was discharged from hospital Saturday a day after he was admitted with heart problems, local news media reported.
Vargas Llosa, 71, was rushed to the San Pablo clinic Friday and, after undergoing a series of tests, is now out of danger, radio RPP reported. Officials at the clinic refused to confirm or deny the report to AFP.
Upon hearing the news during a cabinet meeting President Alan Garcia asked Prime Minister Jorge del Castillo to visit the writer, the presidents office announced.
By then Vargas Llosa had already left the hospital in company of his family, so Garcias office said that del Castillo would instead visit the author at home or call him by phone.
Vargas Llosa is one of the best-known writers of the so-called "boom" generation of Latin American literature. His books include "Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter" (1977), "The War of the End of the World" (1981), and "The Feast of the Goat" (2000).
In 1990 Vargas Llosa ran for president representing a coalition of conservative parties, but was defeated by an unknown agronomist of Japanese descent named Alberto Fujimori -- now on trial for rights abuses during his presidency. The experience is recounted in Vargas Llosas biography "A Fish In The Water" (1993).
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