Ramón Amaya Amador (April 29, 1916 – November 24, 1966) was a Honduran journalist, author, and political activist, known for his most recognizable works "Prisión verde" and "Cipotes".
After being educated in La Ceiba, he worked on the banana plantations along the Northern Caribbean coast of Honduras.
A leading Honduran communist, he moved to Guatemala in 1944 fleeing political persecution, where he worked on the Nuestro Diario (Our Daily) newspaper and was very supportive of the left-wing government of Jacobo Arbenz.
When the Arbenz government fell in June 1954, Amador sought refuge in the Argentine embassy before being granted asylum in Argentina where he worked for Sarmiento, a popular educational newspaper.
He began working for El Cronista (The Chronicle), and founded the magazine Vistazo (View) in Tegucigalpa.