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Jorge Semprún


Born
in Madrid, Spain
December 10, 1923

Died
June 07, 2011

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction, Film

Influences
Jean Giraudoux, André Malraux, Wolfgang Goethe, Georg Hegel, William F ...more


Jorge Semprún (Madrid, 1923-París, 2011) fue testigo de algunos de los peores cataclismos políticos del siglo xx y participó activamente en la lucha contra los totalitarismos. Hijo de una familia de la alta burguesía, el estallido de la guerra civil le condujo al exilio en Francia. Miembro activo de la Resistencia francesa contra la ocupación nazi, es detenido y enviado a Buchenwald, donde permanece prisionero hasta abril de 1945. Tras la liberación, convertido ya en militante comunista, será durante los años cincuenta una pieza fundamental de la lucha clandestina contra la dictadura franquista. Sin embargo, tras advertir los métodos dictatoriales que empleaba el propio Partido Comunista, y enfrentado a Carrillo, acabó expulsado del partido ...more

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Average rating: 4.0 · 3,921 ratings · 356 reviews · 84 distinct works • Similar authors
L'écriture ou la vie
4.16 avg rating — 1,158 ratings — published 1994
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The Long Voyage
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4.19 avg rating — 1,128 ratings — published 1963 — 2 editions
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Le Mort qu'il faut
3.78 avg rating — 255 ratings — published 2001 — 28 editions
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Was für ein schöner Sonntag!
3.86 avg rating — 182 ratings — published 1980 — 32 editions
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Veinte años y un día
3.57 avg rating — 188 ratings — published 2003 — 23 editions
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Ο δεύτερος θάνατος του Ραμό...
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3.77 avg rating — 153 ratings — published 1969 — 5 editions
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Autobiografía de Federico S...
3.80 avg rating — 128 ratings — published 1977 — 12 editions
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Ejercicios de supervivencia...
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3.43 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 2012 — 18 editions
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It Is Impossible to Remain ...
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4.30 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 1995 — 5 editions
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Netchaiev ha vuelto (Fbula)
3.69 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 1987 — 15 editions
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“Il y a cet entassement des corps dans le wagon cette lancinante douleur dans le genou droit. Les jours les nuits. Je fais un effort et j'essaye de compter les jours de compter les nuits. Ca m'aidera peut-être à y voir clair. Quatre jours cinq nuits. Mais j'ai dû mal compter ou alors il y a des jours qui se sont changés en nuits. J'ai des nuits en trop des nuits à revendre.”
― Jorge Semprún, The Long Voyage
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“I'm in prison because I'm a free man, because I found it necessary to exercise my freedom, because I accepted this necessity.”
― Jorge Semprún, The Long Voyage
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“When I write, I make my memories tangible, and in this way I can get rid of them.”
― Jorge Semprún
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