21 Facts About Miguel Almereyda

Miguel Almereyda was first an anarchist and then a socialist.

Miguel Almereyda founded and wrote in the newspaper La Guerre sociale and the satirical weekly Le Bonnet rouge.

Miguel Almereyda became engaged in a struggle against right-wing forces, and was eventually arrested on the grounds of being a German agent.

Miguel Almereyda was the father of the film director Jean Vigo.

Miguel Almereyda's father was engaged in trade, born in Saillagouse, and his mother Marguerite Aimee Sales was a seamstress from Perpignan.

Miguel Almereyda's mother moved back to Perpignan, where she married Gabriel Aubes, a photographer.

Miguel Almereyda joined them there at the age of fifteen, and Aubes helped him gain an apprenticeship as a photographer.

Miguel Almereyda struggled to make a living but found friends in anarchist circles, including the slightly older Fernand Despres, for which he became known to the police.

Miguel Almereyda served two months in prison at la Petite Roquette.

Miguel Almereyda was released after serving most of his sentence, and again found work with a photographer.

Miguel Almereyda again began writing for Le Libertaire, and by the start of 1903 was one of the most prolific of the journal's writers.

Yvetot and Miguel Almereyda led the French section and sat on the AIA committee.

Miguel Almereyda was the leader of the "Liabeuf" affair, in which a large crowd demonstrated over the execution of a young cobbler, and a detective was killed.

On his release Miguel Almereyda founded the revolutionary group les Jeunes gardes revolutionnaires.

Miguel Almereyda launched Le Bonnet rouge, a satirical anarchist publication, on 22 November 1913.

Miguel Almereyda was accused of murdering Gaston Calmette, director of Le Figaro.

Miguel Almereyda began to use Le Bonnet Rouge to advance various business interests, using the money for his personal use and to support the paper.

Miguel Almereyda's health deteriorated and he began taking morphine to relieve pain.

In June 1915 Miguel Almereyda became involved in an increasingly vicious struggle with the L'Action Francaise movement.

Miguel Almereyda faced a furious attack from the far right and from Georges Clemenceau.

Miguel Almereyda had been profoundly affected by his turbulent childhood, and was always convinced that his father was innocent.