Julio Escoto

{{Short description|Honduran short-story teller, novelist and essayist}}

Julio Escoto (born February 28, 1944, in San Pedro Sula) is a Honduran short-story teller, novelist and essayist. Notable novels include El Arbol de los Panuelos, Días de Ventisca, Noches de Huracán, El General Morazán marcha a batallar desde la Muerte, Rey del Albor. Madrugada, and the last published (2007) El Génesis en Santa Cariba.