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Jorge Semprún

Writer, Actor, Additional Credits
Died June 7, 2011 (87 years)
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
  • Z
  • The Confession
  • The War Is Over
  • Stavisky
  • Special Section
  • Une femme à sa fenêtre
  • The French Conspiracy
  • Roads to the South
  • Netchaïev est de retour
  • A Grin Without A Cat
  • Objective 500 Million
  • K
  • Los desastres de la guerra

Filmography

1997
1995
1991
1986
1983
1978
Roads to the South · as Screenplay
1976
Une femme à sa fenêtre · as Screenplay
1975
1974
1970
1969
1966
Objective 500 Million · as Screenplay
1966
The War Is Over · as Screenplay

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