Manuel Lamana

Manuel Lamana (Madrid, 1922 - Buenos Aires, 1996). In 1939 he fled to France with his family. Years later he returned to Spain and in 1947 was arrested and sentenced to six years in prison. In his testimonial novel 'Otros hombres' (1956, 2005) he tells of his famous flight from Cuelgamuros, organised by the American writer Norman Mailer from Paris, a work that inspired Fernando Colomo's film 'Los años bárbaros' (1998). Manuel Lamana is also the author of the novel 'Los inocentes' (1959, 2005), which focuses on the memories of a young boy who experiences war from the Republican zone.