Aurelio Arturo Martínez (1906–1974) was a Colombian poet, translator, teacher and lawyer. Although his poetic output is limited to seventy-odd poems, he is considered one of the most important Colombian poets of the twentieth century. As a lawyer and civil servant, he served in senior positions at various institutions, including the Colombian Embassy in the United States, and the University of Nariño. He founded and directed the literary radio-magazine Voces del Mundo. He suffered a series of health scares in the early 70s, leading to his death in 1974 in Bogotá.