Jorge Semprún
Born
December 10, 1923
Died
June 7, 2011 (87 years old)
Known For
Writing
Place of Birth
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
The Many Lives of Jorge Semprún
Self (archive footage)
2023
Inside a Nazi Mind: The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell
Self - Writer (archive footage)
2023
Valérian, histoire d'une création
Self (archive footage)
2017
Literatur im Foyer
himself · (1 episode)
2000
Che: muerte de la utopia?
1999
Vivement dimanche
Self · (1 episode)
1998
Lo + plus
Self · (1 episode)
1995
Rush - Voyage à Moscou
Self
1990
Meticulous and Desperate
himself · (4 episodes)
1989
A Grin Without a Cat
Narrator (voice)
1977
Apostrophes
Self · (7 episodes)
1975
Les Deux mémoires
Self
1974
You Speak of Prague: The Second Trial of Artur London
Self - Interviewee
1971
The War Is Over
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1966