Francisco Gil Craviotto (15 February 1933 – 22 March 2024) was a Spanish writer, journalist and translator.[1] He was a member of the Academia de Buenas Letras de Granada.
Francisco Gil Craviotto | |
|---|---|
 Craviotto in 2013 | |
| Born | 15 February 1933 |
| Died | 22 March 2024 (aged 91) Granada, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Education | Paris-Sorbonne University (Lic.) University of Paris |
| Occupation(s) | Writer Journalist |
Biography
editBorn in Turón on 15 February 1933, Craviotto earned a licentiate in letters from Paris-Sorbonne University and later studied at the University of Paris. Fleeing the Franco regime, he stayed in Paris, working as a teacher and a translator and contributor to the Andalusian newspaper Ideal.
Craviotto returned to Spain in 1993 and wrote a variety of novels, including Los cuernos del difunto, La boda de Camacho, El Oratorio de las lágrimas, and La verja del internado.[2] He also translated various works into Spanish, such as those by Voltaire, Octave Mirbeau, and Guy de Maupassant. In 2012, he joined the Academia de Buenas Letras de Granada.[3] On 29 January 2019, he received the Medalla de oro de Granada.[4]
Francisco Gil Craviotto died in Granada on 22 March 2024, at the age of 91.[5]
Works
edit- Raíces y tierra (1959)
- Los cuernos del difunto (1996)
- Retratos y semblanzas con la Alhambra al fondo (1999)
- Mis Paseos con Chica (2000)
- Casi unas memorias (2003)
- Nuevos retratos y semblanzas… (2003)
- El Caballero sin miedo (2003)
- La boda de Camacho (2004)
- Mesa de León, un periodista entre dos siglos (2005)
- Enrique Villar Yebra : su vida, su obra (2007)
- El Oratorio de las lágrimas (2008)
- El siglo que se nos fue (2010)
- La mano quemada (2013)
- La verja del internado (2013)
- La Cueva de la azanca (2014)
- Los Papeles de Juan Español (2016)
- Veinte mujeres inolvidables (2018)
- La alborada del ruiseñor (2019)
References
edit- ^ "Fallece Francisco Gil Craviotto". Granada Hoy (in Spanish). 22 March 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
- ^ "GIL CRAVIOTTO, Francisco" (PDF). Academia de Buenas Letras de Granada (in Spanish).
- ^ "Francisco Gil Craviotto, académico". Alberto Granados (in Spanish).
- ^ "Fallece el escritor Gil Craviotto". El Independiente de Granada (in Spanish). 22 March 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
- ^ Muñoz, José Antonio (22 March 2024). "Fallece el escritor granadino Francisco Gil Craviotto". Ideal (in Spanish). Granada. Retrieved 25 March 2024.