The Fundación José María de Olives y de Ponsich, Conde de Torre-saura joins in expressions of condolence to the family of Mario Vargas Llosa. He is one of the most iconic public figures to have passed through Cas Comte and left a very special memory of his visit to the Palace in the summer of 2012 for the Sant Joan festivities.

The writer and playwright died this Sunday at the age of eighty-nine in Peru, his native country. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2012 and is considered one of the great writers of the second half of the 20th century. He was one of the great names of Castilian literature and gained mainstream recognition thanks to titles such as La Ciudad y los Perros and Conversación en la Catedral. During his career, he also received the Cervantes Prize and the Prince of Asturias Award.

The visit to the Palace

The Nobel Prize in Literature visited Menorca in the summer of 2012 with the aim of discovering the island’s most emblematic sites and its traditions. Invited by the founder of the Torre-saura Foundation, Juan Valero Fortuny, he was able to enjoy the Caragol des Born from a privileged vantage point. The balcony of the Cas Comte palace. An experience that left him amazed. Days later, in statements to the Diari Menorca, local newspaper he described the Sant Joan festivities as “an absolutely astonishing, impressive, and unusual spectacle.”