Iris M. Zavala
Iris M. Zavala (27 December 1936 - 10 April 2020) was a Puerto Rican author, scholar, and poet. She had written over 50 works. Her best known work was" Nocturna, mas no funesta" , built on and express this belief.
Early life and education
She was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico. In Spain she was a UNESCO fellow at the University Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, and a Ramon LLul fellow at the University of Mallorca. She also taught at the University of Minnesota.
Zavala died from COVID-19 in Madrid during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, at the age of 83.
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1936 births
2020 deaths
Puerto Rican poets
Political writers
Puerto Rican educators
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain
Writers from Ponce