Juan Gossaín

Juan Gossaín
Juan Antonio Gossaín Abdallah
Gossaín in 2021
BornJanuary 17, 1949
San Bernardo del Viento, Córdoba, Colombia
NationalityColombian
Alma materColegio La Esperanza, Cartagena
Occupation(s)Radio national news director, chief editor, and journalist, as well as novelist
Years activeRCN: February 1984-June 2010. Approximately 26 years at RCN Radio and 40 years as a journalist
EmployerRCN Radio Network (Radio Cadena Nacional de Colombia)
TitleDirector
SpouseMargoth Ricci
ChildrenDanilo & Isabela
ParentJuan Gossaín & Berta Abdallah
AwardsNational Simón Bolívar Award recipient over the span of three decades
Colombia-Spain Award for Best Journalist of the Year

Juan Antonio Gossaín Abdallah (born January 17, 1949) is a Colombian radio national news director, chief editor, and journalist, as well as a novelist. He wrote the novel "The Ballad of María Abdala." He is well known for directing the RCN Radio Network (Radio Cadena Nacional de Colombia) from around 1984 to 2010 and during that time had his own radio program that was regularly broadcast in Colombia. Gossaín was a two-time winner in the radio journalism category of the Premio Nacional de Periodismo Simón Bolívar (Translated: Simón Bolívar National Journalism Award), a national award for Colombian journalism.