Julio Vega Batlle (May 6, 1899 – April 23, 1973) was a Dominican writer, publishing both plays and novels, and a diplomat. He was born in Santiago de los Caballeros, and graduated from the University of Santo Domingo. He became a judge, and served as a diplomat for the Dominican Republic on missions to London, England; Havana, Cuba; and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He married Teresa de Boyrie de Moya, daughter of Louis Emile de Boyrie Pillot (of French origin) and Mercedes Antonia de Moya y Moya (from an upper-class Dominican family); they begat three sons: , Bernardo, and Luis Eduardo “Eddy”.