Joaquín Pasos (14 May 1914 – 20 January 1947) was a Nicaraguan poet, narrator, and essayist.

[citation needed] During this period he was influenced by Paul Morand, Valery Larbaud, Philippe Soupault, J. J.

Van Doren, Rafael Alberti and Gerardo Diego, and his writing featured themes of geography (the poems "Norway", "Cook Voyages", "German dream No.5") and an interest in foreign actresses.

After 1935, Pasos's poetry entered a new phase, and he began to write love poems ("Immense poem", "Invention of a new kiss", "Construction of your body", "Big poem about strong love") and works related to the indigenous peoples of Nicaragua ("The blind Indians", "The old Indians", "Two cries", "Indian fallen in the market").

These were followed by his best-known work, "The song of the war of things", covering the physical and metaphysical position of the man of the 20th century.