Spanish abstract: El concepto de ‘autor implícito’ (implied author) lo difundió Wayne Booth en ‘La Retórica de la Ficción’ (1961) pero, como veremos, algo apuntaron al respecto con anterioridad otros autores. Aquí señalamos más en concreto el precedente de Hegel. _________________________________________________________________________________ English abstract: The concept of ‘implied author’ was popularized by Wayne Booth in ‘The Rhetoric of Fiction’ (1961), but, as we shall see, there were precedents for it in a number of authors. Here we examine Hegel’s treatment of the subject. __________________________________________________________________________________ Keywords: G. W. F. Hegel, Wayne Booth, Narratology, Implied author, Rhetoric, Communication, Writing, Authorship, Literary theory, Authors,