| Napoleón Baccino | |
| Birth Name: | Napoleón Baccino Ponce de León |
| Birth Place: | Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Birth Date: | 1947 |
| Occupation: | writer |
| Awards: | Fraternity Award Casa de las Américas Prize |
Napoleón Baccino Ponce de León (born Montevideo, 1947) is an Uruguayan writer. He is best known for his historical novel Maluco. La Novela de Los Descubridores, a fictional account of Magellan's circumnavigation of the world. The book won the Premio Casa de las Américas in 1989. It was later translated into English by Nick Caistor and into French by Nelly Lhermillier.[1]