| Antonio Cornejo Polar | |
| Office: | Rector of San Marcos University |
| Term Start: | 1985 |
| Term End: | 1987 |
| Predecessor: | Gastón Pons Muzzo |
| Successor: | Jorge Campos Rey de Castro |
| Birth Date: | December 23, 1936 |
| Birth Place: | Arequipa, Peru |
| Death Place: | Lima, Peru |
| Alma Mater: | San Agustin University |
| Residence: | Lima, Peru |
| Profession: | Professor |
| Spouse: | Cristina Soto |
| Website: | http://celacp.org |
Antonio Cornejo Polar (December 23, 1936 - May 18, 1997) was a Peruvian-born academic, teacher, literature and cultural critic, known particularly for his theorization of the concept of "heterogeneity."
Cornejo Polar was born December 23, 1936, in Arequipa, Peru. He received a PhD from the National University of San Agustin in Arequipa, became a professor there as well, then in 1966 he becomes Professor in National University of San Marcos, Lima. He was also a visiting professor at the University of Pittsburgh and UC Berkeley.
He authored 11 books, and was considered an authority on Latin American literature and culture. He was also the founder and editor of the Revista de Critica Literaria Latinoamericana, a journal which covered issues of culture and ideology in Latin-American literature.
Cornejo-Polar was married to Cristina Soto, who worked with him on the journal and also managed "Latinoamericana Editores", a publishing company which covers Latin-American topics. They had four children: Ursula, Alvaro, Gonzalo and Rafael and four grandsons Gonzalo, Juán Diego, Antonio and Natalia.
He died after a long illness on May 18, 1997, in Lima.