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]

Antònia Fontanillas Borràs in 1946

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.^{[citation needed]}

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

See also

• Anarchism in Spain