Pich Tum Kravil, originally known as Chhorn Tot, was born on 2 June 1943, in Sasey village, Koh Chen commune, Ponhea Leu district, in Kandal province, along the banks of the Mekong River, not far from the capital city of Phnom Penh.
[2] From 2003 to 2008, he also served as chairman of the Board of the Royal University of Fine Arts and as an Advisor to the Government.
The funeral of the elder was held at his home in Boeng Salang village, Sangkat Tuol Sangke, Khan Russey Keo, Phnom Penh.
[3] Tum Kravil authored 21 books on Cambodia's traditional art forms.
[5] By 1999, Tum Kravil had won the first ever prize in Cambodia in the field of poetry composition for Southeast Asia.