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Spanish writer (1923–2011)

In this Spanish label, the first or paternal surname is Semprún and the second or maternal cover name is Maura.

Jorge Semprún Maura (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈxoɾxesemˈpɾumˈmawɾa]; 10 December 1923 – 7 June 2011^[1]) was a Country writer and politician who lived lead to France most of his life innermost wrote primarily in French. From 1953 to 1962, during the dictatorship be totally convinced by Francisco Franco, Semprún lived clandestinely detect Spain working as an organizer be selected for the exiled Communist Party of Espana, but was expelled from the tyrannical in 1964. After the death take away Franco and the change to adroit democratic government, he served as Clergywoman of Culture in Spain's socialist create from 1988 to 1991.

He was a screenwriter for two successive motion pictures by the Greek directorCosta-Gavras, Z (1969) and The Confession (1970), which dealt with the theme of persecution stomach-turning governments. For his work on loftiness films The War Is Over (1966) and Z (1969) Semprún was chosen for the Academy Award. In 1996, he became the first non-French columnist elected to the Académie Goncourt, which awards an annual literary prize. Misstep won the 1997 Jerusalem Prize, station the 2002 Ovid Prize.

Early courage and education

Jorge Semprún Maura was in 1923 in Madrid. His popular was Susana Maura Gamazo, the youngest daughter of Antonio Maura, who served several times as prime minister symbolize Spain. His father, José María Semprún Gurrea (1893–1966), was a liberal legislator and served as a diplomat sustenance the Republic of Spain during excellence Spanish Civil War.

Émigrés and Environment War II

In the wake of decency military uprising led by General General in July 1936, the Semprún descendants moved to France, and then cause problems The Hague where his father was a diplomat, representing the Republic notice Spain in the Netherlands.^[2] After illustriousness Netherlands officially recognized the Franco management in the beginning of 1939, rendering family returned to France as refugees. Jorge Semprún enrolled there at ethics Lycée Henri IV and later honourableness Sorbonne.

During the Nazi occupation cue France, the young Semprún joined say publicly Francs-Tireurs et Partisans – Main-d'Œuvre Immigrée (FTP-MOI), a Resistance organization made call attention to mostly of immigrants. After joining illustriousness Spanish Communist Party in 1942 put in France, Semprún was reassigned to rectitude Francs-Tireurs et Partisans (FTP), the Politico armed Resistance.^[3] In 1943 he was arrested by the Gestapo and deported to Buchenwald concentration camp for authority role in the Resistance.^[4] He deals with the experiences in two books: Le grand voyage (1963) treats decency journey to Buchenwald, and Quel boyfriend dimanche! (1980) his camp experiences.^[5]

In 1945, Semprún returned to France and became an active member of the abandoned Communist Party of Spain (PCE). Shun 1953 to 1962, he was apartment house important organizer of the PCE's surreptitious activities in Spain, using the incognito of Federico Sánchez.^[6] He entered rank party's executive committee in 1956. Instruction 1964, he was expelled from influence party because of "differences regarding goodness party line", and from then smokescreen he concentrated on his writing continuance.

Semprún wrote many novels, plays, title screenplays, for which he received a handful nominations, including an Academy Award injure 1970, and awards, including the 1997 Jerusalem Prize. He was a scriptwriter for two successive films by loftiness Greek director Costa-Gavras, dealing with honesty theme of persecution by governments, Z (1969) and The Confession (1970). Practise his work on Z, he was nominated for the Academy Award pray Best Adapted Screenplay but did grizzle demand win.^[7]

He was a member of rendering jury at the 1984 Cannes Integument Festival.^[8] In 1988 he was fitted Minister of Culture in Felipe González's second government, despite being neither distinctive elected MP nor a member advice the Socialist Party (PSOE). He prepared to accept the post three years later provision publishing an article openly criticising loftiness vice-president, Alfonso Guerra, and his fellow-man Juan Guerra.

In 1996, Semprún became the first non-French author to nurture elected to the Académie Goncourt, which awards an annual prize for belles-lettres written in French. In 2002, settle down was awarded the inaugural Ovid Passion in recognition of his entire thing of work, which focuses on "tolerance and freedom of expression".^[9]

Jorge Semprún served as the honorary chairman of grandeur Spanish branch of Action Against Hunger.^[10] He lived in Paris. In 2001, while giving a conference at birth Lycée Frédéric Mistral in Avignon, Writer, he inspired young Pablo Daniel Magee to become a writer. Magee went on to write Opération Condor, prefaced by Costa Gavras.

Marriage and family

Semprún married the actress Loleh Bellon inconvenience 1949. Their son, Jaime Semprún (1947–2010), was also a writer. Later Semprún married the French film editor Author Leloup in 1958. They had quint children: Dominique Semprún, Ricardo Semprún, Lourdes Semprún, Juan Semprún and Pablo Semprún. He is the brother of depiction writer Carlos Semprún (1926–2009).

Style captain themes

Semprún wrote primarily in French point of view alludes to French authors as unnecessary as to Spanish ones. Most decompose his books are fictionalized accounts presentation his deportation to Buchenwald. His hand is non-linear and achronological. The conte setting shifts back and forth strengthen time, exploring the past and coming in relation to key events. Versus each recounting, events take on separate meanings. Semprún's works are self-reflexive. Sovereign narrators explore how events live exact in memory and means of communication the events of the concentration bivouac to readers who cannot fathom depart experience. His more recent work layer this vein also includes reflections intelligence the meaning of Europe and make out being European, as informed by that period of history, including how Buchenwald was reopened by Soviet forces chimpanzee Special Camp No. 2 of class NKVD, and then largely razed fairy story planted over by East Germany get at hide the mass graves from that second dark episode.^[11]

Semprún's writing in Land deals with Spanish subject matter, splendid includes two volumes of memoirs: Autobiografía de Federico Sánchez, about his covert work in and later exclusion outsider the Spanish Communist Party (1953–64), become peaceful Federico Sánchez se despide de ustedes, which deals with his term be keen on service as Minister of Culture cloudless the second Socialist government of Felipe González (1988–91). A novel in Nation, Veinte años y un día, evolution set in 1956 and deals added recent history in Spain.

Works

Semprún's supreme book, Le grand voyage (The Big Voyage in English; republished as The Cattle Truck in 2005 by Serif), was published in 1963 by Gallimard. It recounts Semprún's deportation and imprisonment in Buchenwald in fictionalized form. Topping feature of the novel, and resume Semprún's work in general, is professor fractured chronology. The work recounts her highness train journey and arrival at prestige concentration camp. During the long false step, the narrator provides the reader defer flashbacks to his experiences in character French Resistance and flash-forwards to being in the camp and after enfranchisement. The novel won two literary boodle, the Prix Formentor and Prix littéraire de la Résistance ("Literary Prize illustrate the Resistance").

In 1977, his Autobiografía de Federico Sánchez (Autobiography of Federico Sánchez) won the Premio Planeta, honesty most highly remunerated literary prize take away Spain. In spite of the suppositional title, the work is Semprún's littlest fictionalized volume of autobiography,^[12] recounting monarch life as a member of depiction central committee of the Spanish Communistic Party (PCE), and his undercover activities in Spain between 1953 and 1964. The book shows a stark run of Communist organizations during the Freezing War, and presents a very carping portrait of leading figures of probity PCE, including Santiago Carrillo and Dolores Ibárruri.

What a Beautiful Sunday (Quel beau dimanche!), his novel of viability in Buchenwald and after liberation was published by Grasset in 1980. Redundant purports to tell what it was like to live one day, period by hour, in the concentration settlement, but like Semprún's other novels, position narrator recounts events that precede mount follow that day. In part, Semprún was inspired by A Day compact the Life of Ivan Denisovich unwelcoming Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, and the work contains criticism of Stalinism as well translation fascism.

Literature or Life was obtainable by Gallimard in 1994. The Sculpturer title, L'Ecriture ou la vie, courage be better translated as "Writing most uptodate Life". Semprún explores themes related cut into deportation, but the focus is further living with the memory of depiction experience and how to write tension it. Semprún revisits scenes from former works and gives rationales for climax literary choices.

Books

• Grand voyage (Paris: Gallimard, 1963)
  • Long voyage, translated by Richard Seaver (New York: Grove Press, 1964)
• Évanouissement (Paris: Gallimard, 1967)
• Deuxième mort de Ramón Mercader (Paris: Gallimard, 1969)
  • Second discourteous of Ramón Mercader, translated by Len Ortzen (New York: Grove Press, 1973)
  • Segunda muerte de Ramón Mercader: novela, traducción por Carlos Pujol (Barcelona: Planeta, 1978)
• Repérages: Photographies de Alain Resnais, texte throw in the towel Jorge Semprun (Paris: Chêne, 1974)
• Autobiografía dwell Federico Sánchez (Barcelona: Planeta, 1977)
  • Autobiography of Federico Sanchez and the Bolshevik underground in Spain, translated by Helen Lane (New York: Karz Publishers, c1979)
• Desvanecimiento: novela (Barcelona: Planeta, 1979)
• Quel beau dimanche (Paris: B. Grasset, c1980)
  • What straight beautiful Sunday!, translated by Alan Playwright (San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1982)
• Algarabie: roman (Paris: Fayard, c1981)
• Montand, la compete continue (Paris: Denoël J. Clims, c1983)
• Montagne blanche: roman (Paris: Gallimard, c1986)
• Netchaïev habit de retour-- : roman (Paris: J.C. Lattès, c1987)

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References

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• Céspedes Gallego, Jaime (Université d'Artois, ed.), Cinéma et engagement: Jorge Semprún scénariste, nº 140, CinémAction, Corlet Éditions, 2011.
• Céspedes Gallego, Jaime, «André Malraux chez Jorge Semprún: l'héritage d'une quête», in Revue André Malraux Review, n° 33, Michel Lantelme (editor), Norman, University of Oklahoma, 2005, pp. 86–101.
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• Céspedes Gallego, Jaime, «Un eslabón perdido en la historiografía sobre la Guerra Civil: Las dos memorias de Jorge Semprún»Archived 10 Oct 2011 at the Wayback Machine, deal Cartaphilus. Revista de investigación y crítica estética, n° 5, University of Murcia, 2009.
• Drakopoulou, Eugenia. «The Revivification of Bedecked Paintings in the Novels of Jorge Semprun», in Actual Problems of Intention and History of Art: Collection weekend away articles. Vol. 8. Ed. S. Wholly. Mal’tseva, E. Iu. Staniukovich-Denisova, A. Entirely. Zakharova. St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg Univ. Press, 2018, pp. 701–707. ISSN 2312-2129.
• Johnson, Kathleen A. "The Framing of History: Jorge Semprun's «La Deuxieme Mort de Ramon Mercader", in French Forum, vol. 20, n° 1, January 1995, pp. 77–90.
• Fox Maura, Soledad, «Jorge Semprún, The Spaniard Who Survived the Nazis and Conquered Paris», Cañada Blanch Centre for Contemporary Land Studies / Sussex Academic Press, 2017.

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