Ruben Cotelo (October 31, 1930 – September 24, 2006) was an Uruguayan writer, journalist, and literary critic, known for his acute reviews on literature and cinema.
Ruben Cotelo first studied Art, then Law at the Universidad de la Republica in Montevideo, and finally Journalism at the Indiana University (Bloomington) under Professor Floyd G. Arpan.
After his retirement he wrote for literary publications such as Vuelta (Buenos Aires), Jaque and Alternativa (Montevideo) and the Revista Iberoamericana de Literatura (Detroit).
He left unfinished essays, studies and manuscripts on Vivian Trias, Juan Carlos Onetti, Justino Zavala Muniz, and other literature figures of Uruguay.
After his death, Coteloʼs family donated his personal library of approximately ten thousand volumes to the Universidad Católica (Uruguay).