| Víctor Montoya | |
|---|---|
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| Born | (1958-06-21) 21 June 1958 (age 66) La Paz, Bolivia |
| Occupation | Writer, journalist, pedagogue |
| Language | Spanish |
| Genre | Novel, short story, essay |
Víctor Montoya (born June 21, 1958) is a Bolivian writer, cultural journalist, and pedagogue. Imprisoned by the dictatorship in his native Bolivia, he became an exile following a campaign by Amnesty International in 1977.
Biography
Born in La Paz on June 21, 1958. From early childhood he lived in the mining towns of Siglo XX and Llallagua, in northern Potosí department. There, the miserable conditions of the miners led him to identify with and join their efforts to change those conditions. At the age of 9 he witnessed the Massacre of San Juan.
In 1976, as a result of his political activities, he was persecuted, tortured, and jailed by the military dictatorship of Hugo Banzer Suárez. While imprisoned in the San Pedro Prison and in the top-security jail of Chonchocoro-Viacha, he wrote his first published book, the eyewitness account Strike and Repression.
Freed from prison through a campaign of Amnesty International, he arrived in Sweden as an exile in 1977. He graduated from the Stockholm Institute of Education, in whose Pedagogic Institute he took specialized courses. He taught classes on the Quechua language, coordinated cultural projects in a library, led literature workshops, and worked as a teacher for several years.
He was director of the literary magazines PuertAbierta and Contraluz. His work won him awards and literary scholarships. His stories have been translated and published in international anthologies. Currently, he writes for publications in Latin America, Europe, and the United States. He is caretaker of the digital anthology of Latin American Storytellers in Sweden.
Bibliography
- Huelga y represión (1979)
- Días y noches de angustia (1982)
- Cuentos Violentos (1991)
- El laberinto del pecado (1993)
- El eco de la conciencia (1994)
- Antología del cuento latinoamericano en Suecia (1995)
- Palabra encendida (1996)
- El niño en el cuento boliviano (1999)
- Cuentos de la mina (2000)
- Entre tumbas y pesadillas (2002)
- Fugas y socavones (2002)
- Literatura infantil: Lenguaje y fantasía (2003)
- Poesía boliviana en Suecia (2005)
- Retratos (2006)
- Cuentos en el exilio (2008)
- Conversaciones con el Tío de Potosí (2013)
External links
- Literatura Hispanoamericana:
- Víctor Montoya:
- Proyecto Patrimonio:
- Rodelú:
- Crónicas mineras, de Víctor Montoya:
- Almiar:
- Rebelión
- Ficticia:
- Portal ALBA:
References
- Victor Montoya, "Fortieth anniversary of a mining tragedy in Bolivia - The San Juan Massacre". "World | The San Juan Massacre". www.indymedia.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-08-17.