Ricardo Gullón Fernández (30 August 1908 – 11 February 1991) was a Spanish writer, essayist and literary critic.
He went to secondary school in France, and studied law at the University of Madrid.
In 1953, he travelled to Puerto Rico to visit his exiled friend Juan Ramón Jiménez and remained there for three years.
He moved to the United States where he taught Spanish literature at several universities including Columbia, Chicago and Texas-Austin.
He was a recognized authority on the works of Juan Ramón Jiménez, Benito Pérez Galdós, José María de Pereda, Antonio Machado and Miguel de Unamuno.