Consuelo Gil Roësset (1905–1995) was a Spanish publisher, editor, translator, writer, and teacher. She was known for her work on Spanish postwar period children's illustrated magazines, specifically ' (1938–1955), ' (1941–1950) and ' (1945–1950). After her marriage she used the name Consuelo Gil Roësset de Franco, Consuelo Franco, and used the pseudonyms L. de Villadiego and Madrina.

Early life, family, and education

Consuelo Gil Roësset was born in 1905, in Madrid, to parents Cecilia Margot Roësset Mosquera, and Julián Gil Clemente. She had three siblings, her younger sister was Margarita "Marga" Gill Roësset, a sculptor, illustrator, and poet. She was born into a wealthy Madrid family of artists and writers. Her aunt was

María Roësset Mosquera María Eugenia Roësset Mosquera (November 21, 1882 – October 3, 1921) was a Portuguese-born Spanish painter, known for her portraits, and nudes. She was also known by the married name María Eugenia Soriano Roësset, María Roësset, and si ...

, a noted painter. She studied at the

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, alongside her sister Marga. At the age of six she began to learn drawing and painting under . In 1926, she married , a musician and composer. After their marriage and having children, she went on to study at the

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(now Complutense University of Madrid) and received a PhD in literature, and was one of the few women to do so during this era.

Career

After graduation, she began to teach English at Central University of Madrid, and translated several works from English and French. Shortly before the outbreak of the

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in 1936, Gil had moved to

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with her three children for the summer. There she collaborated on ''La Ametralladora'' and ''Pelayos'', and she directed the magazine ''Mujer''. In 1938, together with the Catalan businessman Juan Baygual, she founded the magazine '. In addition to directing ''Chicos'', she also ran the sections for correspondence with readers, ''El Club de Chicos'' and ', using the pseudonyms L. de Villadiego and Madrina. Gil then launched the publication ''Mis Chicas'', the first magazine for girls after the war, as well as ''Chiquitito'' (1942) and ' (1945). In 1942, Gil created Editorial Gilsa (Consuelo Gil SA), a company that bought the magazine ''Chicos'', and which managed the editions of many of these other publications. She died on September 26, 1995, in Madrid at the age of 90.

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References

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