Jorge Semprún
Birthday
1923/12/10
Day of death
2011/06/07 (87 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Madrid, Spain
Also know as
Jorge Semprún Maura, Federico Sánchez, Jorge Semprun
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.
Acting
(1977) A Grin Without a Cat
as Narrator (voice)
(1990) Rush - Voyage à Moscou
as Self
(2023) The Many Lives of Jorge Semprún
as Self (archive footage)
(1974) Les Deux mémoires
as Self
(2023) Inside a Nazi Mind: The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell
as Self - Writer (archive footage)
(2017) Valérian, histoire d'une création
as Self (archive footage)
(1971) You Speak of Prague: The Second Trial of Artur London
as Self - Interviewee
(1966) The War Is Over
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1999) Che: muerte de la utopia?
as ---
(1975) Apostrophes
as Self
(1995) Lo + plus
as Self
(2000) Literatur im Foyer
as himself
(1998) Vivement dimanche
as Self
(1989) Meticulous and Desperate
as himself