And the Nobel Prize goes to...

Sorry, Spencer...you put your money on the wrong Princetonian.This year's winner of the Nobel Prize for literature is Peruvian-born author Mario Vargas Llosa, who is currently serving as the 2010 Distinguished Visitor in Princeton's Program in Latin American Studies.According to nobelprize.org, Vargas Llosa's selection was based on "his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat."A talented journalist and critic as well as author, Vargas Llosa's more famous works include "The Green House" (1968), "Conversation in the Cathedral," (1969) and "The Feast of the Goat" (2000).His better-known exploits include running for the Peruvian presidency, being made a member of the Spanish Royal Academy, and punching Gabriel Garcia-Marquez in the face.Click here for an interview with Vargas Llosa immediately following the news of his win.Or, alternatively, click here for a New York Times article on the subject and, as an added bonus, another really intense headshot.