Gaby Vallejo Canedo

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. 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.

Awards and distinctions First mention for the Erich Guttentag National Novel Award (1976) Hans Christian Andersen Honor Roll (Oslo, 1988) Literary career recognition from the University of San Simón (2013)

Works 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 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