Irene Vallejo Moreu, born in Zaragoza in 1979, is a Spanish philologist, historian, and writer.

Career

A doctor of classical philology from the universities of Zaragoza and Florence, much of her work focuses on the investigation and exploration of classical authors, particularly their connection and intersection with the present day. Her first published book was a scholarly investigation into literary terminology in the Roman poet Martial. Other work has consisted of articles published in the Spanish newspapers Heraldo de Aragón and El País, in which she mixes discussion of ancient writers and current events. Some of these articles were eventually collected into two books, published under the titles El pasado que te espera and Alguien habló de nosotros.

In 2020 she was awarded the Premio Nacional de Literatura en la modalidad de Ensayo (the National Prize of Liter…Read more on Wikipedia