About the book: 1968 / This book tells about the short and bright life of a revolutionary who lived only 26 years and gave a third of them to the struggle. This third was worth, perhaps, other decades. Julio Antonio Mella (Spanish: Julio Antonio Mella, March 25, 1903, Havana, Cuba - January 10, 1929, Mexico City, Mexico) - Cuban communist revolutionary, leader of the student movement, founder and leader of the Communist Party Cubes. Killed in exile in Mexico during an evening walk with Tina Modotti by agents of the Cuban dictatorship.