Enrique Gil Gilbert

Enrique Gil Gilbert (July 8, 1912 - February 21, 1973), born in the coastal city of Guayaquil, was an Ecuadoran novelist.

Gil Gilbert was the youngest of the so-called "Grupo de Guayaquil" (Group of Guayaquil). The "Grupo de Guayaquil" was one of the most recognized literary groups in Ecuador in 1930-1940. Its members were the the writers Demetrio Aguiler Malta, Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco, Joaquín Gallegos Lara, and José de la Cuadra. They wrote novels about the Ecuadorian mestizo.

Gil Gilbert's writings include the novel Yunga (1933), the book of short stories Relatos de Emanuel (1939), and his most famous novel Nuetro Pan (1942), which has been translated to the German and Czech languages.

He spent the rest of his life in politics as a high-ranking communist, and made many visits to the U.S.S.R. before his death.

Enrique Gil Gilbert married Alba Calderon, a painter and a revolutionary who funded the movement for the recognition of women in Ecuador. They have a son, Enrique Gil Calderon, an extraordinary musician, who is the founder of the choral culture in the country.

Gil Gilbert has as his only descendants his three grandchildren: Alfredo Antonio Gil Estrada, a Lawyer. Fernando Mauricio Gil Estrada a musician, and Alba Yolanda Gil Estrada. The three of them are the children of his only son Enrique Gil Calderon (Kily) with his wife, Dr. Miriam Estrada Castillo.