Francisco Gil Craviotto

Born 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]

• 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)