Ludvík Aškenazy (24 February 1921 – 18 March 1986) was a Czech-Jewish writer and journalist.

After the German occupation of Czechoslovakia his family emigrated to Poland and lived in Stanisławów (present-day Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine), which was later annexed by USSR.

After the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, he left for exile and until 1976 lived in Munich.

He won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 1977 for his book Wo die Füchse Blockflöte spielen,[3] and was shortlisted for the same prize in 1993 for Der Schlittschuhkarpfen.

He is celebrated in an annual festival in the town of Český Těšín, Czech Republic.