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Gaby Vallejo Canedo (24 September 1941 – 20 January 2024) was a Bolivian writer. With over 40 published works, she dabbled in narrative genres such as novels and children's literature.

Biography

Gaby Vallejo Canedo was born in Cochabamba on 24 September 1941.[1][2] She studied at the Normal Catholic Institute of Cochabamba, obtaining the title of Professor of Literature, and earned a licentiate in Education Sciences at the University of San Simón.[3] She completed a diploma in Latin American Literature at the Caro and Cuervo Institute in Bogotá.[1]

Vallejo taught at the University of San Simón for 18 years.[3]

Vallejo Canedo was a member of the Academia Boliviana de la Lengua from 27 July 2001, occupying its "H" chair.[1]

Vallejo Canedo died from a heart attack on 20 January 2024, at the age of 82.[4]

Awards and distinctions

  • First mention for the Erich Guttentag National Novel Award (1976)[2]
  • Erich Guttentag National Novel Award (1977)[5]
  • Hans Christian Andersen Honor Roll (Oslo, 1988)[2]
  • Named Meritorious Citizen of Cochabamba (1989)[2]
  • Dante Aliguieri Award, Accademia Cassentinese, for the Defense of Democracy Through Literature (Venice, 1991)[2]
  • Youth Literature Award, Ministry of Education (1996)[2]
  • National Prize for Thought and Culture (Sucre, 2001)[2]
  • IBBY-ASAHI Reading Promotion Award (2003)[2]
  • Golden Flag, granted by the National Senate (2008)[2]
  • Cultural Merit Medal (Pro Arte, 2010)[2]
  • International Prize of the Hispanic Literary and Cultural Institute (Paraguay, 2011)[6]
  • Literary career recognition from the University of San Simón (2013)[1]
  • Doctor honoris causa from the University of San Simón (2019)[3]
  • Named a Universal Ambassador of Culture by the Tarija Union of Writers and Artists and the UNESCO Latin American Writers' Union (2019)[7]

Works

Vallejo's narrative style has been defined as that of literary realism.[8] Her novel ¡Hijo de opa! was adapted into the 1984 film Los Hermanos Cartagena, directed by Paolo Agazzi.[5] In 2017, her literary output was analyzed by Willy Oscar Muñoz, and the result was published in the book La Narrativa Contestataria y Social de Gaby Vallejo Canedo (Шаблон:ISBN).

Novels

  • Los vulnerables (1973)
  • ¡Hijo de opa! (1977)
  • Juvenal Nina (1981)
  • Mi primo es mi papá (1989)
  • La sierpe empieza en cola (1991)
  • Con los ojos cerrados (1993)
  • Encuentra tu ángel y tu demonio (1998), Шаблон:ISBN
  • Amalia desde el espejo del Tiempo (2012), Шаблон:ISBN, biography of Amalia Villa de la Tapia

References

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