Virginia Ayllón Soria (born 1958, La Paz) is a Bolivian poet, librarian, literary critic and lecturer. Ayllón is considered a scholar on the work of the poet Adela Zamudio.
Biography Ayllón attended the Higher University of San Andrés, where she studied sociology and literature. Ayllón began publishing her work in the 1990s.
From 2003 to 2005, Ayllón served as the head of the Centre for Latin American Research and Documentation () in La Paz. A member of the Women's Literature Workshop {), Ayllón is an editor for Correveydile, a short story magazine.
Literary criticism As a literary critic, Ayllón's work is focused on the study and rediscovery of the work of Bolivian female writers. Primarily focused on the work of Adela Zamudio, as well as Lindaura Anzoátegui Campero, Hilda Mundy, and Yolanda Bedregal, Ayllón has published the works La ausencia de Adela Zamudio ( 2012), Cuentos (2013) and El pensamiento de Adela Zamudio (2019).
Ayllón has previously taught at the Higher University of San Andrés.
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