Jorge Semprún

Jorge Semprún (1923 - ) is a Spanish writer and politician.

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1923 - Writer - Politician

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His family moved to France in the wake of the Spanish Civil War. He studied at the lycée Henri IV and the Sorbonne. After the French defeat and subsequent Nazi occupation of France, Semprún joined the Communist resistance group Francs-Tireurs Partisans. In 1943 he was arrested by the Gestapo and deported to Buchenwald concentration camp.

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France - Spanish Civil War - Lycée Henri IV - Sorbonne - French defeat - Nazi - Communist - Resistance - 1943 - Gestapo - Buchenwald - Concentration camp

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In 1945 he returned to France and became an active member in the exiled Spanish Communist Party. He eventually joined the party's politburo until he was expelled in 1964 because of "differences regarding the party line," at which point he focused on his writing career.

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1945 - Spanish Communist Party - Politburo - 1964

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He wrote many novels, plays and screenplays, for which he received several awards. A recurring theme in his writing is the denouncement of the horror of war. From 1988 to 1991 he served as the Culture Minister of Spain.

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Novels - Plays - Screenplays - 1988 - 1991 - Culture - Spain

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Semprún currently lives in Paris, where he is a member of the Académie Goncourt.

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Paris - Académie Goncourt

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