Jorge Semprún

Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Known Credits

14

Gender

Male

Birthday

1923-12-10

Day of death

2011-06-07 (87 years old)

Place of Birth

Madrid, Spain

Jorge Semprún

Biography

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.

Known For

  • Vivement dimanche

    Vivement dimanche

  • Apostrophes

    Apostrophes

  • Lo + plus

    Lo + plus

  • Les Deux mémoires

    Les Deux mémoires

  • Valérian, histoire d'une création

    Valérian, histoire d'une création

  • Inside a Nazi Mind: The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell

    Inside a Nazi Mind: The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell

  • The War Is Over

    The War Is Over

  • A Grin Without a Cat

    A Grin Without a Cat

  • Literatur im Foyer

    Literatur im Foyer

  • Meticulous and Desperate

    Meticulous and Desperate

  • Che: muerte de la utopia?

    Che: muerte de la utopia?

  • You Speak of Prague: The Second Trial of Artur London

    You Speak of Prague: The Second Trial of Artur London

  • The Many Lives of Jorge Semprún

    The Many Lives of Jorge Semprún

  • Rush - Voyage à Moscou

    Rush - Voyage à Moscou