Muna Lee

Muna Lee was an American poet, writer, translator, and political activist. A long-term resident of Puerto Rico, she worked in cultural affairs for the United States State Department, promoting cultural exchange between Latin America and the U.S. Along with a series of mystery novels published by Charles Scribner’s Sons, she published one book of poetry, Sea-Change (The MacMillan Company, 1923), and served as the translator for the June 1925 issue of Poetry, which exclusively featured Latin American poets. She died on April 3, 1965.