Víctor Montoya (born June 21, 1958) is a Bolivian writer, cultural journalist, and pedagogue.

From early childhood he lived in the mining towns of Siglo XX and Llallagua, in northern Potosí department.

[1] 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.

He taught classes on the Quechua language, coordinated cultural projects in a library, led literature workshops, and worked as a teacher for several years.