Juan Gossaín
Juan Gossaín | |
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| Juan Antonio Gossaín Abdallah | |
Gossaín in 2021 | |
| Born | January 17, 1949 San Bernardo del Viento, Córdoba, Colombia |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Alma mater | Colegio La Esperanza, Cartagena |
| Occupation(s) | Radio national news director, chief editor, and journalist, as well as novelist |
| Years active | RCN: February 1984-June 2010. Approximately 26 years at RCN Radio and 40 years as a journalist |
| Employer | RCN Radio Network (Radio Cadena Nacional de Colombia) |
| Title | Director |
| Spouse | Margoth Ricci |
| Children | Danilo & Isabela |
| Parent | Juan Gossaín & Berta Abdallah |
| Awards | National 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.