Gaby Vallejo Canedo Explained
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 .
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),
- Amalia desde el espejo del Tiempo (2012),, biography of Amalia Villa de la Tapia
Notes and References
- Web site: Vallejo Canedo, Gaby . Tatiana . Alvarado Teodorika . . Spanish . 27 March 2016 . 2019-10-08.
- News: Vallejo: en Bolivia no se incentiva la lectura . Vallejo: Reading is Not Encouraged in Bolivia . Guadalupe . Castillo . . Spanish . 2018-11-06 . 2019-10-08.
- News: Gaby Vallejo Canedo, doctora honoris causa . Sol de Pando . Spanish . 2019-09-04 . 2019-10-08.
- News: Fallece la destacada escritora Gaby Vallejo Canedo . 21 January 2024 . Los Tiempos . 20 January 2024.
- Book: Blanco Mamani, Elías . Enciclopedia Gesta de autores de la literatura boliviana, Volume 1 . Plural editores . 9789990563627 . 195 . Spanish . 2005 . 2019-10-08 . Google Books.
- News: Gaby Vallejo Canedo Ganadora del Premio ILCH 2011 . . Spanish . 2011-06-26 . 2019-10-08.
- News: Gaby Vallejo es reconocida como Embajadora Universal de la Cultura . Gaby Vallejo is Recognized as Universal Ambassador of Culture . . Cochabamba . Spanish . 2019-04-09 . 2019-10-08.
- News: Gaby Vallejo y su realismo literario . Gaby Vallejo and Her Literary Realism . Luz Marina . Canelas . . Spanish . 2016-10-08 . 2019-10-08.
