Adolfo Couve Rioseco (March 28, 1940 – March 11, 1998) was a Chilean artist and writer. Couve was born in Valparaíso, Chile, the first child of three. In his first years, he lived in Llay-Llay and then moved with his family to Santiago. He entered the Jesuit San Ignacio School, where he finished high school in 1958. Couve married Martita Carrasco with whom he had a daughter named Camila. The couple separated later. Adolfo Couve lived his last years accompanied by Carlos Ormeno. Couve took his own life on the morning of March 11, 1998, in his house in Cartagena.