Concha Zardoya

María Concepción Zardoya González, also known as Concha Zardoya, (14 November 1914 – 21 April 2004) was a Chilean poet and literary critic. During her career, she published nearly 40 poetry collections and won multiple literary awards.

Born in Chile, she moved to Spain at the age of 17 and lived through the Spanish Civil War. She graduated from the University of Madrid and later lived in the United States for nearly 30 years, teaching Spanish literature at multiple universities, including the University of Illinois and Yale University. She wrote numerous essays, children's literature, screenplays, and a biography of the poet Miguel Hernández. Some of her stories were published under the pseudonym Concha de Salamanca. Provided by Wikipedia