Gisela Kozak Rovero | |
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Born | October 20, 1963 Caracas, Venezuela |
Nationality | Venezuelan |
Alma mater | Universidad Central de Venezuela |
Occupation(s) | Writer, essayist, teacher and researcher |
Gisela Kozak Rovero (born 20 October 1963) is a Venezuelan writer, essayist, teacher and researcher. [1]
Kozak started writing when she was eight years old, as a game, imitating other authors such as Oscar Wilde and the Brothers Grimm. She graduated with a degree in literature from the Central University of Venezuela and afterwards obtained a PhD in the Simón Bolívar University. [2]
She has worked as a cultural policies advisor, as a consultant for both public and private organizations in Venezuela and as a collaborator with the Spanish Cooperation Agency and the Goethe-Institut in the formation of cultural managers. She has also engaged in political activism and organized essay and narration workshops in the Literature School, as well as in the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies. [3]
Kosak has also been an invited faculty for the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences, Dominican Republic, and as a lecturer for several universities. [3]
Kozak has also published several articles in national and international specialized magazines, compilations and congress' memoirs. [8]
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