( CNN ) -- Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa is injecting his cachet as a newly minted Nobel Prize winner into the political sphere , in a strong criticism of the political aspirations of the daughter of a disgraced former president . Keiko Fujimori , a congresswoman and daughter of ex-president Alberto Fujimori , is one of the leading candidates in next year 's presidential election , according to polls . `` If the daughter of the dictator who is condemned to prison for being a criminal and a thief has the possibility of becoming the president of Peru , I will be one of the Peruvians who will go out to try to impede it through all the legal channels available , '' Vargas Llosa said Monday . `` I think that would be a real catastrophe for our country , '' he added . Vargas Llosa , who lost to Alberto Fujimori in a runoff in his previous presidential campaign , received the Nobel Prize for Literature last week at a ceremony in Norway . According to various polls published in Peru , Keiko Fujimori is currently the leading or second-place contender in the race . Her father was president of Peru from 1990 to 2000 , a period that was highlighted by the defeat of terrorists who disrupted society , but stained by an authoritarian streak and human rights abuses . Alberto Fujimori fled Peru in the midst of a scandal involving his spy chief , and was extradited years later back to his country to face trial . He was convicted in four separate trials for a litany of corruption and human rights abuse charges . Among the sentences he received was a 25-year prison term for authorizing the operation of a death squad responsible for killing civilians . Representatives for Keiko Fujimori said she would respond to Vargas Llosa 's comments Tuesday . CNN en Español 's Maria Elisa Callejas contributed to this report .
Mario Vargas Llosa received the Nobel Prize for Literature . He said he would try to secure victory by Keiko Nakamura . Vargas had lost a presidential race to her father in 1990 . Alberto Fujimori is in prison for corruption and human rights abuses .