Writing

Jorge Semprún

Also Known As: Jorge Semprún Maura, Federico Sánchez, Jorge Semprun

Birth Date

December 10, 1923

Death Date

June 7, 2011

(passed away at 87)

Place of Birth

Madrid, Spain

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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.