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Jorge Semprún

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87 Years Old

Jorge Semprún Maura was a Spanish writer and politician. From 1953 to 1962, during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, Semprún lived clandestinely in Spain working as an organizer for the exiled Communist Party of Spain, but was expelled from the party in 1964. After Franco's death and the change to a democratic government, he was Spain's Minister of Culture from 1988 to 1991. He was screenwriter for two successive films by Greek director Costa-Gavras. In 1996 he became the first non-French author to be elected a member of the Académie Goncourt, which awards an annual literary prize.

Born

Madrid, Spain on 10th December 1923

Died

7th June 2011

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Apostrophes Image
Apostrophes
Self
Vivement dimanche Image
Vivement dimanche
Self
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Literatur im Foyer
himself
Lo + plus Image
Lo + plus
Self
Meticulous and Desperate Image
Meticulous and Desperate
himself
The War Is Over Image
The War Is Over
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
A Grin Without a Cat Image
A Grin Without a Cat
Narrator (voice)
The Many Lives of Jorge Semprún Image
The Many Lives of Jorge Semprún
Self (archive footage)
Che: muerte de la utopia? Image
Che: muerte de la utopia?
Valérian, histoire d'une création Image
Valérian, histoire d'une création
Self (archive footage)
You Speak of Prague: The Second Trial of Artur London Image
You Speak of Prague: The Second Trial of Artur London
Self - Interviewee
Les Deux mémoires Image
Les Deux mémoires
Self
Inside a Nazi Mind: The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell Image
Inside a Nazi Mind: The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell
Self - Writer (archive footage)
Rush - Voyage à Moscou Image
Rush - Voyage à Moscou
Self