Ernesto Mejía Sánchez (Masaya, Nicaragua, 1923 - Mérida, Mexico, 1985) was a Nicaraguan author and poet. He took his doctoral degree in Madrid and, for several years was a professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. His first work was Romances y Corridos Nicaragüenses, a compilation of stories, which was published in Mexico in 1946. In addition to being a poet, he was known as an expert on the work of Rubén Darío. In 1983, he edited an edition of Darío's complete stories and, in 1985, his complete poetry.