Gil Bel Mesonada

Spanish militant anarchist, anarcho-syndicalist, writer, journalist, novelist and avant-garde arts theorist. On January 1, 1929 created a Biblioteca Popular in Utebo and creating a radical avant garde manifesto, printed on red and black paper. In 1930 he was editor of the anarchist journal 'Cultura y Acción' (Culture and Action) and published an article entitled 'Propositos', which is considered to be the first statement on the theoretical principles of the plastic arts issued in Catalonia. During the Civil War, he organised the Sindicato de Espectáculos (Entertainment Union) and created the anarchist colony at Torrelodones (Madrid), to which he invited Luis Buñuel. Following Franco's victory, he remined in Spain, working under the pseudonym of Vicente Gil for the film distributor and publisher UFILMS and as editor of 'Fermina Bonilla'. He also wrote under various other pseudonyms including Fray Luzbel, Luzbel (Lucifer) and G. Bellini on publications such as 'El Comunista', 'La Democracia', 'La Gaceta Literaria' (Literary Gazette), 'Lucha Social' (Social Control), 'Nueva Senda' (New Path), 'Pluma Aragonesa' (Aragonese Pen), 'Revista de la Casa de América-Galicia' (Journal of the House America-Galician), etc.. He is the author of 'El Último Atentado' (The Last Bombing; 1922), 'Nazarenos de Violencia' (Nazarene of Violence; 1923), 'Voces Interiores' (Inner Voices; 1923), 'Delicadeza' (Delicacy; 1923), 'Abajo lo Burgués' (Down with the Bourgeois; 1932), 'Fuego en el Mar' (Fire at Sea; 1942), amongst others.