Ramón José Sender Garcés (3 February 1901 – 16 January 1982) was a Spanish novelist, essayist and journalist.

Several of his works were translated into English by the distinguished zoologist, Sir Peter Chalmers Mitchell, including Seven Red Sundays (Siete domingos rojos), Mr Witt Among the Rebels (Mr Witt en el cantón) and The War in Spain (Contraataque).

[2] During the Spanish Civil War Sender was among the contributors of El Mono Azul, a Republican literary magazine.

[4] Following Francisco Franco's victory in the Spanish Civil War, Sender went into exile, first settling in Mexico before moving to the United States, where he became a U.S. citizen in 1946.

[5] In the United States, he built a long career as a professor of Spanish literature at various universities, primarily in Albuquerque and San Diego.