Peru mourns death of Nobel laureate writer Vargas Llosa

FILE PHOTO: Peruvian writer and Nobel literature laureate Mario Vargas Llosa attends a forum in support of Venezuela's opposition in Caracas, Venezuela April 24, 2014. REUTERS/Jorge Silva/File Photo

LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvians mourned the death on Monday of lauded writer Mario Vargas Llosa, winner of the Nobel Prize for literature and a former presidential candidate.

Peru's government declared Monday a national day of mourning, calling Vargas Llosa a "figure of national acclaim," while fans laid flowers outside his apartment in Lima's Barranco residential district.