Iris M. Zavala

Iris M. Zavala (27 December 1936 – 10 April 2020) was a Puerto Rican author, scholar, and poet.Hernández, Domingo Luis. "En el Mundo de Iris: Entrevista a Iris Zavala." Barcelona Review 41 (March–April). Retrieved 18 June 2012. 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 Ramón LLul fellow at the University of Mallorca.Datos del Autor: Iris M. Zavala.  Artecomunicarte A.C. 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2012.Hernández, Domingo Luis. "En el Mundo de Iris: Entrevista a Iris Zavala." Barcelona Review 41 (March–April). Retrieved 31 May 2012. 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.Muere la escritora puertorriqueña Iris Zavala por coronavirus en España 

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Category:1936 births
Category:2020 deaths
Category:Puerto Rican poets
Category:Political writers
Category:Puerto Rican educators
Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Madrid
Category:Writers from Ponce