Víctor Montoya
Víctor Montoya (born June 21, 1958 in La Paz ) is a Bolivian writer , journalist and educator . He is considered to be an important source of inspiration for modern Bolivian literature.
Life
Montoya lived since childhood in the mining settlements of Siglo XX and Llallagua , in the north of Potosí , where he saw the suffering of the miners with his own eyes and took part in their labor disputes.
Political persecution
Because of his political activities, Montoya was persecuted, tortured and imprisoned in 1976 under the military dictatorship of Hugo Banzer Suárez . In the state penitentiary Panóptico Nacional de San Pedro and in the maximum security prison of Chonchocoro-Viacha he wrote his first factual novel Huelga y Nahrungsmittel (Strike and Oppression, 1979).
exile
After being freed from prison by an Amnesty International campaign , he went into exile in Sweden in 1977 . He settled in Stockholm , studied pedagogy at the higher teachers' college there and worked as a teacher for several years. He headed the literary magazines PuertAbierta and Contraluz and is a member of the Swedish Writers' Association and the International Pen Club ( PEN ).
Literary work
His work has been translated into various languages and some of his stories have been included in international anthologies. He writes for various Latin American, European, and American publications.
Works
- Huelga yreprión (1979)
- Días y noches de angustia (1982)
- Cuentos violentos (1991)
- El laberinto del pecado (1993)
- The 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)
- Cuentos del más allá (2016)
- La señora de la conquista (2016)
- Crónicas Mineras (2017)
Web links
- Literature by and about Víctor Montoya in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute of Prussian Cultural Heritage, Berlin
- Víctor Montoya
- Books by Víctor Montoya
- Víctor Montoya: The Biography
- Narration and article
- Los Noveles
- Crónicas mineras, de Víctor Montoya
- Almiar
- Rebelión
Individual evidence
- ↑ Interview with Quetzal Online Magazin (accessed on May 10, 2011)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Montoya, Victor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bolivian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 21, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | La Paz |