Birgit Zotz

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Birgit Zotz (born 7 August 1979) is an Austrian writer, cultural anthropologist and an expert on the subject of hospitality management studies.

This profile of Birgit Zotz covers Life and Career and Rise to Fame.

Life of Birgit Zotz

Born in Waidhofen an der Thaya, Lower Austria, Zotz grew up in the Waldviertel and in Vienna. From 1993 to 1997 she attended the Franz Schubert Konservatorium in Vienna, where she studied saxophone. She got a master's degree in tourism studies from Johannes Kepler University of Linz in 2008 and later obtained a master's degree in ethnology from Vienna University under Manfred Kremser. She is married to Volker Zotz, an eminent Austrian philosopher, and a prolific author in the German language.

Career and Rise to Fame of Birgit Zotz

Birgit Zotz has published books, essays and articles about Buddhist culture, mysticism and image-building in tourism. She is a lecturer at the International College of Tourism and Management in Bad Vöslau. Since 2005 she has been President of Komyoji, an internationally recognized center for the study of Buddhism in Austria. She is a researcher on the philosophy and life of Lama Anagarika Govinda, whose biography she wrote.

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