Carlos Augusto León Arocha (Caracas, October 20, 1914 – May 13, 1997) was a Venezuelan poet, essayist, historian, politician and scientist. He gained a doctorate degree in physical science and mathematics from the Central University of Venezuela in 1936. He also gained a teaching degree in history and geography from the National Pedagogical Institute, and taught for over 5 years at the Andrés Bello Lyceum School in Caracas. In the last twenty years of his employed life he worked as a professor of contemporary literature at the Central University of Venezuela, an institution in which he also served as director of the Department of Publications.