Renato Prada Oropeza (born October 17, 1937 – September 9, 2011) was a Bolivian and Mexican scientist-literary researcher and writer, author of novels, short stories and poetry books, hermeneutics, semiotics and literary theory.

[2] Oropeza died in Puebla, Mexico, on September 9, 2011; the cause of death was kidney cancer.

[4] He directed doctoral researches, and his disciples work in Mexico, the United States, Italy, Russia, Guatemala, Spain and other countries.

[5] Some novels and short stories by Renato Prada have been translated into English and other languages.

[8] His novel Los fundadores del alba, winner of Prize Casa de las Américas in 1969,[9] is considered one of the most significant works of Bolivian literature.