Juan García Ponce (September 22, 1932—December 27, 2003) was a Mexican novelist, short-story writer, essayist, translator and critic of Mexican art.
He was born in Mérida, state of Yucatán, Mexico. Notable works include La aparición de lo invisible (1968) and Las huellas de la voz (1982). In his novels Figura de paja (1964), La casa en la playa (1966), La presencia lejana (1968), La cabaña (1969), La invitación (1972), El nombre olvidado (1970), El libro (1978), Crónica de la intervención (1982), Inmaculada o los placeres de la Inocencia (1989) he intertwines the erotic with philosophic rigor and the aesthetic, illuminating the secret, demonic side of reality, accepting all of its risks.