Rodolfo Rabanal (born June 15, 1940 in Buenos Aires) was a journalist, Managing Editor and columnist in various Argentine and foreign media.In 1979 Rodolfo received a scholarship to participate in the International Writers Workshop at the University of Iowa, in The United States. In the 80s he was Assistant Secretary of Culture under President Raul Alfonsin. Between 1981 and 1982 he was a translator for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris.