Gisela Kozak

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Gisela Kozak Rovero
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Kozak at the 2013 Baruta's Book Festival.
BornOctober 20, 1963
Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg Caracas, Venezuela
NationalityVenezuelan
Alma materUniversidad 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]

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Education and career

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]

Personal life

Kozak is openly lesbian. [4] [5] [6]

Publications

Essays

Novels

Stories

Kozak has also published several articles in national and international specialized magazines, compilations and congress' memoirs. [8]

Awards and recognitions

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References

  1. Parra, José Antonio (2002). "«Gisela Kozak Rovero. Hacia una estética de lo efímero»". Reflexiones: Angélica Gorodischer, Vol. 2. New Jersey: Ediciones Nuevo Espacio. p. 71-77. ISBN   1-930879-34-2.
  2. Chacon, Imma; Izaguirre, Marian (coord.) (2009). "Gisela Kozak Rovero". 15 x 15 mujeres que cuentan en el siglo XXI. Maia. ISBN   9788492724079.
  3. 1 2 "Curriculum" (in European Spanish). Gisela Kozak Rovero. 24 June 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  4. Sánchez, Matilde (7 May 2021). "G. Kozak: Venezuela, el país sin libros". Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  5. "Soy lesbiana. Punto". Radio Reflejos. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  6. "Lesbianas visibles e invencibles". Literal Magazine. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  7. "Gisela Kozak hace de la narrativa transgenérica su propia aventura". El Nacional. Archived from the original on 6 April 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  8. Fundación Dialnet (ed.). "Gisela Kozak Rovero. Artículos de revista". Dialnet. Retrieved 14 September 2015.