Lupe Cajías
Bolivian Journalist
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Lupe Cajías de la Vega (born 1955) is a Bolivian journalist, historian, and writer.[1][2][3] Cajías has focused her career on journalism, though she is also the author of books such as Historia de una Leyenda, vida y palabra de Juan Lechín Oquendo (1988) and Valentina. Historia de una rebeldía.[2] Likewise, her career has been recognized with the UNICEF national award in 1986,[1] as well as the Erich Guttentag Award for the novel Valentina. Historia de una rebeldía in 1996[2] (this award was replaced by the National Novel Award two years later).
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1955 (age 70–71)
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| Born | Lupe Cajías de la Vega 1955 (age 70–71) La Paz, Bolivia |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Xavierian University |
| Occupations | Journalist, historian, writer |
| Awards | Erich Guttentag Award (1996) |
Biography
Lupe Cajías was born in the city of La Paz, Bolivia in 1955. She studied journalism, with a focus in the area of research, at the Pontifical Xavierian University in Bogotá, from which she graduated with honors.[4] She also studied history at the Higher University of San Andrés.[4] She witnessed the return of democracy to Bolivia on 10 October 1982, having given birth to her first child a few days before.[5]
In her role as a journalist, Cajías was also editor of El Tiempo in Bogotá,[2] and later became a columnist for the Bolivian newspapers Los Tiempos[3] and Página Siete.[6] Similarly, she served as editor-in-chief of the weekly Aquí.[1] Also, Cajías was elected as president of the Association of Journalists of La Paz in 2014.[7] During this period she carried out a series of actions in favor of freedom of expression, which, according to the APLP, was limited by the actions of the government of Evo Morales.[8] Her term ended in 2016, when Nelson Martínez won new elections within the union.[9]
Cajías also ventured into the field of politics when she was responsible for the anti-corruption department from 2003 to 2005, during the presidency of Carlos Mesa.[1][2] She was a founding member of the Huáscar Cajías Cultural Foundation.[4]
Continuing with her professional career, Cajías was a teacher at the Higher University of San Andrés, where she had been a student during her history studies.[4] In the same capacity, she teaches at the Bolivian Catholic University.[10]
Works
- Valentina. Historia de una rebeldía (1966) Novel. Erich Guttentag Award.
- El Presente es de lucha, el futuro es nuestro (1983) Essay
- Historia de una leyenda, vida y palabra de Juan Lechín Oquendo (1988) Biography
- Biografía de Flavio Machicado Viscarra (1994) Biography
- Los caminos de Nuevos Horizontes (2007) Essay
- Morir en mi cumpleaños (2011) Fictionalized biography of Óscar Únzaga
- Nueva crónica y buen gobierno (2012) Chronicle, in conjunction with other authors