Amado Magcalas Yuzon (August 30, 1906 – January 17, 1979) was a Filipino academic, journalist, politician and writer.

D. He was a member of the Philippine Bar Examination and professor at the Far Eastern University and at Quezon College in Manila.

Yuzon's candidature had sparked controversy at the fourth national congress of the Communist Party of the Philippines, where Pampanga delegates had walked out in protest against the opposition of the politburo majority to Yuzon's candidature.

[2] In 1963, Yuzon founded the United Poets Laureate International, an international group for passionate poets from countries all over the world aiming to promote global peace, brotherhood, and understanding through poetry.

[3] It was nominated for the 1967 Nobel Peace Prize by Filipino legislator Angel Macapagal.