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person_profile-Jorge Semprún

Jorge Semprún Died at age: 87

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Jorge Semprún

Date of Birth:

Dec 10, 1923

Country of birth:

Spain

Died:

Jun 07, 2011

Biography of

Jorge Semprún

    Jorge Semprún Maura (born 10 December 1923 in Madrid) is a Spanish writer and politician. From 1953 to 1962, during the era 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 the death of Franco and change to a democratic government, he served as Culture Minister of Spain from 1988 to 1991. He was a screenwriter for two successive films by the Greek director Costa-Gavras, Z (1969) and The Confession (1970), which dealt with the theme of persecution by governments. For his work on Z, Semprun won an Oscar. In 1996, he became the first non-French author elected to the Académie Goncourt, which awards an annual literary prize.

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Jorge Semprún

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Filmography of

Jorge Semprún

Found 6 Movies in total

... 2023

Inside a Nazi Mind: The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell

Self - Writer (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2023

Rush - Voyage à Moscou

Lui-même ( Actor )

... 1990

A Grin Without a Cat

Narrator (voice) ( Actor )

... 1977

Les Deux mémoires

Self ( Actor )

Writer

... 1974

The War Is Over

Narrator (voice) (uncredited) ( Actor )

Screenplay

... 1966