José Paulo Paes (22 July 1926 – 9 October 1998) was a Brazilian poet, literary critic, and translator.
He studied industrial chemistry in Curitiba, where he also started his literary career.
He wrote poems for the magazine Joaquim, directed by Dalton Trevisan.
Paes moved to São Paulo in 1949, writing poems while also working in a pharmaceutical laboratory.
[2] In 1963, he left the laboratory to work as an editor at the Editora Cultrix publishing house, retiring in 1981 and dedicating completely to writing.