Juan Sánchez Peláez (September 25, 1922 in Altagracia de Orituco, Guárico – November 20, 2003 in Caracas) was a Venezuelan poet and National Prize winner for Literature in 1975.

This book was published in a fiftieth anniversary edition by Monte Ávila Editores after he was awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa from the Universidad de los Andes in Mérida in 2001.

Sánchez Peláez was a contributor to numerous periodicals: Papel Literario (El Nacional), Zona Franca, Eco (Colombia) Revista Poesia (Valencia), Señal (Paris), Tabla Redonda, among others.

[5]Juan Liscano, in his Panorama de la Literatura actual (Overview of Current Literature), 1973, states: "Sánchez Peláez through his open writing and his existential attitude created a new path in our poetry."

[6][7] Pelaez married American painter and sculptor Ellen Lapidus Stern[8] and had two daughters, Tamar Meisel,[9] a medical coach and Raquel Sanchez, an artist, and licensed social worker.