Xan Fielding, born Alexander Wallace Fielding (26 November 1918 - 19 August 1991) was a British writer and translator, notable for his translations of The Planet of the Apes and The Bridge on the River Kwai.

A British Special Operations Executive agent in World War II, Fielding was briefly captured in France by the Gestapo (together with Francis Cammaerts) while travelling from Apt to Seyes , then was freed by the famous Polish SOE agent Krystyna Skarbek.

He later married "Magouche ", widow of Armenian artist Arshile Gorky.

Works

• The stronghold: An account of the four seasons in the White Mountains of Crete (1953)
• Hide and Seek (1954) - wartime memoirs
• Corsair Country (1959)
• Money Spinner: Monte Carlo and Its Fabled Casino (1977)
• Best of Friends. The Brenan-Partridge Letters (1986) editor
• Aeolus Displayed (1991)
• Images of Spain (1991)
• Hideous Disguise (1994)