Roque Esteban Scarpa Straboni (26 March 1914 in Punta Arenas – 11 January 1995 in Santiago) was a Chilean writer, literary critic and scholar.

Scarpa served as professor of literature at the University of Chile and was a prominent member of the Chilean Academy of Language.

In 1943 he founded the Teatro de Ensayo of the Catholic University of Chile.

He also served as a literary critic in the newspapers El Mercurio and La Aurora.

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