| Fernando Tinajero Vallamar | |
| Birth Date: | 5 January 1940 |
| Nationality: |  Ecuador |
| Citizenship: | Ecuador |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Movement: | Tsantzismo |
| Awards: | Premio Eugenio Espejo (2015) |
Fernando Tinajero Villamar (born 1940, Quito) is an Ecuadorian novelist, essayist, and university professor.[1] In the 1960s, he was one of the most active members of Tzantzismo a cultural vanguard movement which had roots in the Cuban revolution. He was the 2015 recipient of the Eugenio Espejo Prize in literature awarded by the Ecuadorian president.[2]