Aurelio Espinosa Pólit (Quito, July 11, 1894 – February 21, 1961) was an Ecuadorian writer, poet, literary critic, and university professor.

He co-founded the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, and he founded the Aurelio Espinosa Polit Museum and Library in Quito.

[1] He was a Jesuit priest, in the religious order Society of Jesus.

He translated into Spanish the complete works of the Latin poets Virgil and Horacio and the Greek playwright Sophocles.

He was well-versed in Latin and Greek, and spoke English, French, Spanish, and Italian fluently.