Gaby Vallejo Canedo


Gaby Vallejo Canedo is a Bolivian writer. With over 40 published works, she has dabbled in narrative genres such as novels and children's literature.

Biography

Gaby Vallejo Canedo was born in Cochabamba on 24 September 1941. 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. She completed a diploma in Latin American Literature at the Caro and Cuervo Institute in Bogotá.

Teaching

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

Academia Boliviana de la Lengua

Vallejo has been a member of the Academia Boliviana de la Lengua since 27 July 2001, occupying its "H" chair.

Awards and distinctions

Vallejo's narrative style has been defined as that of literary realism. Her novel ¡Hijo de opa! was adapted into the 1984 film Los Hermanos Cartagena, directed by Paolo Agazzi. 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