Peruvian literary giant Alfredo Bryce Echenique has died at the age of 87.
He is best known for the 1970 novel A World for Julius, which chronicled the frivolous lives of the elite in Peru's capital Lima through the eyes of an orphan.
His works were marked by irony, melancholy and acute observation of social inequality. He won numerous prizes and became one of the most recognised voices in Hispanic literature.
Peru's presidency paid tribute Bryce Echenique on X, saying he left "an immense void but an eternal legacy".
Bryce Echenique was born in Lima in 1939 to a wealthy family, and his great-great-grandfather was a president of the republic. He saw at first hand how the elite looked down on ordinary Peruvians, and this experience set the scene for his novel.
