Ernesto de la Peña (Spanish pronunciation: [eɾˈnesto ðe la ˈpeɲa]; 21 November 1927 – 10 September 2012) was a Mexican writer, translator and cultural advocate. Peña was also a linguist who studied thirty-three languages, as varied as Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Sanskrit.[1][2] He joined the Mexican Academy of the Language in 1993 and was a member of the Royal Spanish Language Academy.