Known For
Writing
Gender
Female
Birthday
April 9, 1953
Died
October 15, 2012
Age
59
Place of Birth
Havana, Cuba
Popularity
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María Rosa Menocal
Writing
Biography
María Rosa Menocal was a Cuban-born scholar of medieval culture and history and Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University. In 2002 Menocal wrote the book The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain, which has been translated into many languages. Menocal died of melanoma in 2012.
