Víctor Alba

Víctor Alba (1916 - 2003) was a Spanish politician, journalist, writer and university professor.

Alba began very young as a politicial journalist. Affiliated with the Bloque Obrero y Campesino, he later worked for POUM. During the Spanish Civil War, he was the director of "La Batalla". After the days of May 1937, he was arrested and jailed for six years in Valencia. After leaving prison, he went into exile in France where he collaborated with Albert Camus, and in 1947 moved to Mexico, where he made diverse publications. There in Mexico, he began a prolific literary production, in Spanish, French, Catalan and English and became director of the Social Training center. In 1957, he moved north into the United States, working with various international groups and became a professor of the University of Kansas and in the Kent State University in Ohio.

In 1974 he retired from the Kent State University, returning Spain where he died in 2003.

Works

He was the author of many works in numerous languages:
*"Els supervivents". Ed. Catalonia. México, DF, 1950. Novela sobre la Barcelona de posguerra. Reeditada en Barcelona, 1996.
*"Historia del comunismo en América Latina". Ed. Occidentales. México DF, 1953.
*"The Latin Americans". Praeger, Nueva York, 1969
*"Retorn a Catalunya". Portic, Barcelona, 1970.
*"Catalunya sense cap ni peus". Portic, Barcelona, 1971.
*"Homo sapiens catalanibus". Portic, Barcelona, 1974
*"USA, centre de la revolució mundial". Portic, Barcelona, 1974.
*"Catalonia. A Profile". Praeger, Nueva York, 1975
*"El pájaro africano". Planeta, Barcelona, 1975. Novela finalista del Premio Planeta de 1975.
*"El marxisme a Catalunya. 1919-1939. I-Historia del BOC. II-Historia del POUM. III-Andreu Nin. IV-Joaquim Maurín", Pòrtic, Barcelona, 1974-1975.
*"Els problemes del moviment obrer de Catalunya". Portic, Barcelona, 1976.
*"Historia de la resistencia antifranquista", 1939-1955. Planeta, Barcelona, 1978.
*"Todos somos herederos de Franco". Planeta, Barcelona, 1979
*"Sísifo y su tiempo". Laertes. Barcelona, 1996. Memorias.

External links

* [http://www.fundanin.org/iglesias-alba.htm] ,
* [http://www.march.es/ceacs/biblioteca/proyectos/linz/Herramientas/PDF/personajes.pdf]
* [http://www.fundanin.org/albab.htm Víctor Alba works] ,
* [http://www.geocities.com/cbvalba/ Geocities]