As for hobbies, Vargas Llosa is fond of association football and is a supporter of Universitario de Deportes. The writer himself has confessed in his book "A Fish in the Water" since childhood he has been a fan of the 'cream colored' team from Peru, which was first seen in the field one day in 1946 when he was only 10 years old. In February 2011, Vargas Llosa was awarded with an honorary life membership of this football club, in a ceremony which took place in the Monumental Stadium of Lima.