Gülayşe Koçak

(1956, New York) Okul öncesi çocukluğu Addis Ababa’da geçti; ilkokulu Kopenhag’da, ortaokulun bir bölümünü TED Ankara Koleji’nde okudu. Lise eğitimini Hannover’de bir gymnasiumda alırken, Hannover Müzik ve Tiyatro Yüksekokulu’nda misafir öğrenci olarak piyano eğitimini sürdürdü. Liseyi Ankara Tevfik Fikret Lisesi’nde tamamlayan Koçak, Ankara Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi Basın Yayın Yüksek Okulu’ndan 1979’da mezun oldu. Ankara’da Kanada Büyükelçiliği’nde on yıl, White and Case Hukuk Şirketi’nde üç yıl çalıştı. Amatör oda müziği grubuyla birlikte konserler verdi, ayrıca üç yıl boyunca Anglikan Kilisesi’nin pazar ayinlerinde org çaldı. 2004 yılından bu yana İstanbul Sabancı Üniversitesi’nin Yazma Becerileri Merkezi’nde Yaratıcı Yazm

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