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Gaby Vallejo Canedo
Bolivian writer (1941–2024)
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.
Gaby Vallejo Canedo | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1941-09-24)24 September 1941 Cochabamba, Bolivia |
| Died | 20 January 2024(2024-01-20) (aged 82) |
| Alma mater | Caro and Cuervo Institute |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Employer | University of San Simón |
| Organization | Academia Boliviana de la Lengua |
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]
- 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]
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 (ISBN 9789997466273).
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), ISBN 9788483702413
- Amalia desde el espejo del Tiempo (2012), ISBN 9789995469405, biography of Amalia Villa de la Tapia
- Alvarado Teodorika, Tatiana (27 March 2016). "Vallejo Canedo, Gaby" (in Spanish). Academia Boliviana de la Lengua. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
- Castillo, Guadalupe (6 November 2018). "Vallejo: en Bolivia no se incentiva la lectura" [Vallejo: Reading is Not Encouraged in Bolivia]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 October 2019.
- "Gaby Vallejo Canedo, doctora honoris causa". Sol de Pando (in Spanish). 4 September 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
- "Fallece la destacada escritora Gaby Vallejo Canedo". Los Tiempos. 20 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- Blanco Mamani, Elías (2005). Enciclopedia Gesta de autores de la literatura boliviana, Volume 1 (in Spanish). Plural editores. p. 195. ISBN 9789990563627. Retrieved 8 October 2019 – via Google Books.
- "Gaby Vallejo Canedo Ganadora del Premio ILCH 2011". La Patria (in Spanish). 26 June 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
- "Gaby Vallejo es reconocida como Embajadora Universal de la Cultura" [Gaby Vallejo is Recognized as Universal Ambassador of Culture]. Los Tiempos (in Spanish). Cochabamba. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
- Canelas, Luz Marina (8 October 2016). "Gaby Vallejo y su realismo literario" [Gaby Vallejo and Her Literary Realism]. Los Tiempos (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 October 2019.