Max Aub (1903-1972), was a prolific Spanish-Mexican novelist, playwright, critic and screenwriter. His best known novels are part of El laberinto magico (The Magic Labyrinth), centered on the Spanish Civil War. Active in the Republican cause, he was imprisoned in forced labor camps after General Franco's victory. He finally, escaped from a camp in Algeria and spent the rest of his life, like Bunuel, in exile in Mexico.
