Tomás Straka

Tomás Straka

Tomás Straka at the presentation of the book La épica del desencanto, July 2009.
Born (1972-10-25) October 25, 1972
Caracas, Venezuela
Occupation Historian, professor, and writer.
Nationality Venezuelan

Tomás Helmut Straka Medina (October 25, 1972), is a Venezuelan professor of History and researcher at the Andrés Bello Catholic University, author of La Voz de los Vencidos (2000), Hechos y gente, Historia contemporánea de Venezuela (2001), Un Reino para este mundo (2006), La épica del desencanto (2009), La república fragmentada. Claves para entender a Venezuela (2015), among other works and essays. Is son of the Austrian anthropologist Hellmuth Straka and brother of the activist for Human Rights Ursula Straka.

Tomás Straka holds a PhD in History (Doctor en Historia), Andrés Bello Catholic University. He also is graduated from Instituto Pedagógico de Caracas and Universidad Central de Venezuela. He was visiting scholar at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Pomona College.

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