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Jorge Semprún

Spanish-French writer (1923-2011) · Spain · Writers · Died at 87

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Jorge Semprún Maura was a Spanish writer and politician who lived in France most of his life and wrote primarily in French.

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2011Died7 June 20112008Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine ArtsAward2007Honorary Doctor of the University of Rennes 2Award2003Goethe MedalAward2001Jean Monnet PrizeAward1997Jerusalem PrizeAward1995Commandeur des Arts et des LettresAwardSaint George's CrossAward1994Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' AssociationAward1993Grand Cross of the Order of Charles IIIAward1991Honorary Doctor of the University of Toulouse-IIAward1977Premio Planeta de NovelaAward1970Edgar AwardsAward1963Prix FormentorAward1941Concours généralAward1923Born10 December 1923

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Awards

Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts2008
Honorary Doctor of the University of Rennes 22007
Austrian State Prize for European Literature2006
Goethe Medal2003
Jean Monnet Prize2001
Honorary Doctor of the University of Paris-Est-Marne-la-Vallée2000
Jerusalem Prize1997
Saint George's Cross1995
Louis Guilloux Prize1995
Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres1995
Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association1994
Femina Vacaresco award1994
Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III1993
Honorary Doctor of the University of Toulouse-II1991
Honorary Doctorate from University of Lyon-II1989
Premio Planeta de Novela1977
Edgar Awards1970
Prix Femina1969
Prix Formentor1963
Concours général1941
Honorary Doctor of the University of Potsdam

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Jorge Semprún Maura was a Spanish writer and politician who lived in France most of his life and wrote primarily in French. 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 the death of Franco and the change to a democratic government, he served as Minister of Culture in Spain's socialist government from 1988 to 1991.

Country
Spain
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1923 to 2011 · aged 87

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