Armand Guerra (1886-1939)

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Alias:
José Estívalis Cabo
José Silavitse

Birthplace:
Lliria, València, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain

Born:
February 4, 1886

Died:
March 10, 1939

José Estívalis Cabo, más conocido por sus pseudónimos Armand Guerra y José Silavitse, director de cine, escritor y periodista español, de ideología anarquista.  De padres campesinos, fue monaguillo e ingresó en un seminario, que abandonó transformándose en anticlerical. Trabajó como tipógrafo en Valencia y participó en huelgas de la CNT. Encarcelado, huyó a Francia y a Suiza y contactó con círculos anarquistas, como el Germinal deGinebra. Estuvo después en Italia, Egipto, Atenas, Constantinopla, Constanza, Belgrado, Salónica... Escribe en Tierra y Libertad de Barcelona. Participa en la Semana trágica. Escribe también en francés e italiano en otras publicaciones con el pseudónimo José Silavitse (su apellido al revés) (Le Reveil e Il Risveglio). Traduce textos anarquistas del alemán y del francés. En París y en Berlín empieza a dirigir cine y a trabajar también como actor bajo el pseudónimo Armand Guerra. Estallada la Guerra Civil, participa en ella fundamentalmente en La Mancha. Sobre esa experiencia filma Carne de fieras (1936) y escribe A través de la metralla. Escenas vividas en los frentes y en la retaguardia (1937). Con una hija en París, se exilia al acabar la guerra y fallece en París a causa de un aneurisma en 1939.

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