Person
Riva Fernández, Sergio (1899-1991)Other forms
Puentenansa (Rionansa, Cantabria, España) 1899-02-24 - Riaño (Solórzano, Cantabria, España) 1991-10-07
Spanish teacher that exiled after the Spanish Civil War, son of Francisco Riva Echeverría and Isidora Fernández del Collado. He married Francisca López Lastra (1899-1992), from Riaño (Cantabria), daughter of José Bibiano López Fuente and Gabina Bernarda Lastra Cuero. They were parents of Ramón (1930-2008), Teresa, Carmina, Sergio, Luis and Leandro Riva López.
He was member of the Communist Party (PC) and the Socialist Party (PSOE), and served in the Rif War and the Cuban Revolution. He was friend of Fidel Castro. He worked as teacher in the University of La Habana and as translator in a Russian publishing house called "Progress Publishers". Before going to Mexico, he moved to Moscow and then to France in order to collaborate with the French Communist Party. He returned to Spain in 1980.
Date of the event: 1936 - 1939
Riva Fernández, Sergio. Proyecto de Historia Oral "Refugiados Españoles en México", Archivo de la Palabra, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH), México : entrevista con el señor Sergio Riva Fernández. realizada por Elena Aub [para el Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia de México En Colaboración Con el Ministerio de Cultura de España]. [s.L.: S.N.]: 1980]. 136 P..