Víctor Alba

Víctor Alba who also went as Pere Pagès i Elies (Barcelona, 1916 – Sant Pere de Ribes, 10 March 2003)[1] was a Spanish anti-Stalinist communist politician, journalist, writer and Spanish university professor.

During the Spanish Civil War, he was the director of La Batalla, the organ of expression for the POUM.

After the capture of the Basque region by Francoist forces in May 1937 he was arrested and jailed for six years in Valencia.

In Mexico he began a prolific literary production, in Spanish, French, Catalan and English, and became director of the Social Training center.

[citation needed] In 1974 he retired from Kent State University, returning to Spain where he died in 2003.