Hyalmar Blixen Lerena (born 1916/17, died February 17, 2007) was a Uruguayan poet, novelist and essayist. He was born in Montevideo in 1917. He taught for many years at the Instituto de Estudios Superiores in Montevideo. Alongside his novels and poems, he also published numerous essays in the journals El Dia and Lea. He received several prizes during his lifetime. He died in 2007.