Manuel Zeno Gandía

Manuel Zeno Gandía
Manuel Zeno Gandía
BornJanuary 10, 1855
Arecibo, Puerto Rico
DiedJanuary 30, 1930(1930-01-30) (aged 75)
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Occupation
  • Physician
  • poet
  • novelist
  • journalist
  • politician
NationalityPuerto Rican
Notable worksLa Charca
RelativesEduardo Neumann Gandía (cousin)

Manuel Zeno Gandía (January 10, 1855 January 30, 1930) was a Puerto Rican physician, poet, novelist, journalist and politician. He is best known as the author of La Charca (The Pond), a novel considered by many to be the first Puerto Rican novel.