Writing

María Rosa Menocal

Profession
Writing
Born
April 9, 1953 · Havana, Cuba
Died
October 15, 2012

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.

Known for

The Ornament of the World poster
The Ornament of the World
Film · 2019

Filmography