Antonio Tellez (Antonio Tellez Sola) (1921-2005) was a Spanish anarchist, journalist and historian. 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Anarchism, the political philosophy advocating a libertarian society without hierarchy, based on mutual aid and voluntary cooperation, historically gained the most support and influence in Spain, especially in the seventy or so years before Francisco Francos victory in the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939. ...

He was born in Tarragona on January 18 1921 and fought against Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War. At the war's end in 1939 he went into exile in France. After being interned in French camps he escaped and joined the resistance (the 'Maquis'). Francisco Franco Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco y Bahamonde Salgado Pardo de Andrade (December 4, 1892 – November 20, 1975), abbreviated Francisco Franco Bahamonde and sometimes known as Generalísimo Francisco Franco, was dictator of Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975. ... Spanish Civil War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

In 1944 he was involved in the failed Val d'Aran campaign when Spanish Republican exiles invaded Spain through the Pyrennees. After this, he was involved in clandestine work within Spain, maintaining contacts between anarchists there and those in exile. Anarchism is a generic term describing various political philosophies and social movements that advocate the elimination of the State. ...

For much of his working life Tellez was a journalist for Agence France Presse. However, his chief fame is for his historical writings on the anarchist resistance to Franco, a struggle largely unknown to the outside world, which continued from 1939 to 1975.

His best-known work in English is his biography of Francisco Sabater Llopart ('El Quico'), Sabate: Guerrilla Extraordinary, translated by Stuart Christie. He also produced biographies of anarchist resistance fighters like Francisco Ponzán Vidal, Jose Luis Facerias and Salvador Puig Antich. Antonio Tellez died on March 27 2005, in Perpignan, France. Stuart Christie is a Scottish Anarchist most well-known for his part in the Spanish resistance to the dictator Franco: he was arrested in 1964 while carrying explosives to assassinate El Caudillo. He was sentenced to twenty years in prison but only served three, being released due to international pressure. ...

References, further reading

• Tellez, Antonio. Sabate: Guerrilla Extraordinary ISBN 1-902593-10-3
• Tellez, Antonio. The Anarchist Resistance to Franco ISBN 1-873605-65-X

External links

• Photos of Téllez and links to:
• Antonio Téllez Obituary by Stuart Christie
• another Antonio Téllez Obituary from Rojo y negro