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Jorge Semprún

Dec 10, 1923 - Jun 07, 2011 (87 years old) in Madrid, Spain

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

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

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