Estelle Irizarry | |
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| Born | 1937 |
| Died | 2017 (aged 79–80) |
Estelle Irizarry (1937-2017) was a Costa Rican professor emeritus of Hispanic literature at Georgetown University, Washington, DC.[1] She was one of the first historians to provide objective evidence based on scientific criteria and methodology to solve the mysteries surrounding the identity of Christopher Columbus.
She has written books about Spanish authors such as Francisco Ayala, Rafael Dieste, Odón Betanzos Palacios and E. Fernández Granell, as well as Spanish writers-painters of the 20th century.[2]