- Abel Paz
Infobox Person
name = Diego Camacho
caption = Abel Paz, 08-12-2007
birth_date = birth date and age|1921|8|12
birth_place =Almería ,Andalusia ,Spain
death_date =
death_place =
other_names = Abel Paz
known_for = Prominence as a spanish anarchist and anti-fascist
occupation =Anarchist ,Writer ,Historian Abel Paz (born August 12, 1921) is a Spanish anarchist, former combatant and historian.
Abel Paz is the pen name of Diego Camacho. He was born in
Almería in 1921, and moved with his family toBarcelona in 1929. In 1935 he started work in the textile industry and joined the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT).In July 1936, with the start of the
Spanish Civil War andSpanish revolution he joined the anarchistDurruti Column . As well as fighting on the Aragon front, he fought in the Barcelona May Events of 1937.After the fall of Catalonia in January 1939, he went into
exile in France, where he was interned. During the 1940s he fought both in theFrench resistance to Hitler and the Spanish Anarchist resistance to Franco.He is the author of numerous works on anarchist history, the most important being his biography of
Buenaventura Durruti which has appeared in several editions, and numerous languages.Works
*"Durruti en la Revolución Española". Fundación Anselmo Lorenzo, 1996.
*"Durruti in the Spanish Revolution".AK Press , 2006. ISBN 978-1-904859-50-5. Translated byChuck W. Morse .
*"Durruti: the people armed". Black Rose, 1976. ISBN 978-0-919618-74-9 (pbk.) ISBN 978-0-919618-73-2 (hbk.)
*"TheIron Column ."Kate Sharpley Library , 2006. ISBN 1-873605-04-8
*"The Spanish civil war". Hazan, 1997. ISBN 978-2-85025-532-8
*"La Barcelona Rebelde: Guía De Una Ciudad Silenciada" Octaedro, 2003. ISBN 978-8-480636-28-5
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