Diana Pavón

Juana Pavón (July 19, 1945 – March 28, 2019) was a Honduran poet and actress. She was noted for her feminist poetry and critique of Honduran society.

Biography Pavón was born in San Marcos de Colón in 1945. Her mother, who was 14 at the time of Pavóns birth, died during childbirth and her father died days later due to alcohol abuse. She was then adopted by a doctor from the maternity hospital but was soon moved to an orphanage after he left Honduras to live in exile.

She spent most of her childhood in boarding schools or orphanages where she faced frequent punishment for acts of rebellion. She developed a like of poetry at a young age and reported that her favourite poet growing up was Juana Inés de la Cruz. In 1994 she published her first individual volume of poetry I am that subject. In 2002, she appeared in a Honduran film Anita, the Insect Hunter playing the part of Sister Margarita. In 2004, she published her second book, Exacta, which acts as an encyclopedia of her life told through poems and creative writing.