María Rosa Menocal
Born
April 9, 1953
Died
October 15, 2012 (59 years old)
Known For
Writing
Place of Birth
Havana, Cuba
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.
