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 Ramón 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.