Luisa Ballesteros Rosas
Luisa Ballesteros Rosas is a Colombian essayist and poet. She currently lives in Paris and is a professor of Latin American Literature and Civilization at CY Cergy Paris University.
Biography
Luisa Ballesteros Rosas was born in Boavita, Boyacá Department, Colombia and is of French-Colombian nationality. She has been living in Paris since the 1980s. She devotes her research to women writers, society and the history of the Latin American continent in both French and Spanish.She completed her studies in Paris where she obtained the higher certificate in French, a doctorate in Iberian and Latin American studies and an Accreditation to Direct Research from the Paris-Sorbonne University. Rosas went on to teach Latin American literature and civilization there from 1995 to 1997 before becoming a HDR lecturer in Latin American literature and civilization at CY Cergy Paris University. and is the Director of the Department of Iberian and Latin American Studies. She devotes her research to women writers, society and the history of the Latin American continent.
Research centers and associations
Rosas is a member of the following:- UMR Heritages of CY Cergy Paris University
- Center for interdisciplinary research on contemporary Iberian worlds, Sorbonne University
- CSIC de MadridPen of writers of Colombia
- Academia Boyacense de la Lengua, a subsidiary of the Colombian Academy of Language.