Antònia Fontanillas Borràs

Antònia Margarita Aurora Fontanillas Borràs (29 May 1917 – 23 September 2014) was a Spanish Catalan lithographer, anarcho-syndicalist, trade unionist, and militant anarchist from Palafrugell.[1]

Biography

Fontanillas was born in Palafrugell in 1917.[2] In 1925, she emigrated to Mexico with her parents and siblings, where she attended school for six years. After her father was expelled from Mexico the family returned to Catalan.[3]

Fontanillas worked in a lithography studio from 1934.[2] She became a leader within various organizations including Libertarian Youth of Palafrugell,[4] Solidaritat Internacional Antifeixista (SIA), and Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT). She also worked on the clandestine newspaper Ruta, using the pseudonyms "A young libertarian" and "Alba".[5]

With her mother, Fontanillas and led Catalonia in 1939, setting in Toulouse. She returned to Spain on several occasions, bringing propaganda, weapons, or money.

Fontanillas died in Dreux, France, in 2014.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Antonia Fontanillas Borrás – militante anarquista". Confederación Nacional del Trabajo. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b Ferguson, Kathy E. (20 January 2023). Letterpress Revolution: The Politics of Anarchist Print Culture. Duke University Press. p. 52. ISBN 978-1-4780-2386-9.
  3. ^ "Antonia Fontanillas Borrás (1917–2014)". www.katesharpleylibrary.net. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  4. ^ Silvestre, Dolors Marín (2002). Clandestinos: el maquis contra el franquismo, 1934–1975 (in Spanish). Plaza & Janés. p. 217. ISBN 978-84-01-53053-1.
  5. ^ "Antonia Fontanillas Borras – Anarcopedia". www.anarcopedia.org. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  6. ^ "Antònia Fontanillas Borràs". 29 December 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
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