Iris M. Zavala (27 December 1936 – 10 April 2020) was a Puerto Rican author, scholar, and poet, who later lived in Barcelona, Spain.

[1] She had over 50 works to her name, plus hundreds of articles, dissertations, and conferences and many of her writings, including "Nocturna, mas no funesta", build on and express this belief.

in literature and from the University of Salamanca with a "Licenciatura" degree as well as a "Doctor en Filosofía y Letras" (Ph.D.).

[4] Zavala taught in Puerto Rico, México, United States, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, and Spain.

[9] Her second novel was "Nocturna, mas no funesta" (1987), published by Montesinos (Barcelona, Spain).